MARK LONG
Venus Jewett, back left, mother of Olympic runner Isaiah Jewett, watches her son compete in the 800-meter race and reacts as as Isaiah failed to make the finals as she joins other family and friends of Olympic athletes watching the televised action live at the Olympic Family & Friends Experience at the Loews Sapphire Falls Resort at Universal Orlando in Orlando, Fla., Friday, July 30, 2021. Parents, siblings, friends and former teammates crowd into the ballroom at the resort daily to watch the Summer Games and bond with others in a similar situation, all of them unable to be in Tokyo to root on their loved ones competing for gold because of the coronavirus pandemic. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel via AP)
Olympic families find solace, create bonds far from Tokyo

By Mark Long Aug. 03, 2021 12:12 AM EDT
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Christina Dressel began organizing the room long before