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The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan, from 23 July to 8 August 2021. The Games were postponed by one year as part of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports . [ 2 ]
Biles’ 10 Olympic medals moves her into third place all-time for female gymnasts behind Larisa Latynina of the former Soviet Union who won 18 during the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Games and Vera ...
Olivia Reeves won gold in the Olympic women's 71kg weightlifting competition on Friday. She's the United States' first woman to win weightlifting gold in 24 years.
The 24-year-old will make her Olympic debut in Paris in one of the signature events of the Games — the 100 meters. She's an almost certain bet to run for the U.S. on its 4x100 relay team.
The fastest qualifier in the semis was 19-year-old American sensation Athing Mu, with Great Britain's Alexandra Bell getting one of the time qualifying spots behind her. . Another 19-year-old sensation, Great Britain's European indoor 800 metres champion and senior novice Keely Hodgkinson, won the third semi, leading the (relatively) experienced 25-year-old American Raevyn Rogers to get the ...
Still, the story that Japan—or at least the LDP—wanted to tell, of a newly reborn and 'normal' Japan (re-)entering the world stage remained untold. Instead, the story of the 2020/2021 Tokyo Olympics was more mundane, that of a state doing a decent job of managing Covid and hosting a mega-event against the wishes of many of its inhabitants ...
The men's 100 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July and 1 August 2021 at the Olympic Stadium. [1] 84 athletes were expected to compete; 27 nations used universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 56 qualifying through standard time or ranking (23 universality places were used in 2016).
Earlier this summer, Hall told Olympics.com that he was “wasting time” running that event as a pro. On Wednesday night, he called switching his focus to the open 400 two years ago the “best ...