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Olympic Games 1956: 1956 Peter Whitchurch [14] Freedom's Fury: 2006 Colin Keith Gray, Megan Raney Aarons [21] 17 Rome 1960: The Grand Olympics: 1961 Romolo Marcellini [22] 18 Tokyo 1964: Tokyo Olympiad: 1965 Kon Ichikawa [14] 19 Mexico 1968: The Olympics in Mexico: 1969 Alberto Isaac [14] Salute: 2008 Matt Norman [23] 20 Munich 1972: Visions of ...
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 ...
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Tokyo Olympics may refer to: 1940 Summer Olympics, Games of the XII Olympiad, cancelled due to World War II; 1964 Summer Olympics, Games of the XVIII Olympiad; 2020 Summer Olympics, Games of the XXXII Olympiad, held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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]
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Swimming at the 2020 Olympics featured a total of 37 events (18 each for men and women and 1 mixed event), including two 10 km open-water marathons. This was a slight increase from the 34 events contested in the previous Olympic Games. The following events were contested (all pool events are long course, and distances are in meters unless stated):
Olympic Games: 1927 Comedy Our Gang children's version of the Olympics. [2] Local Boy Makes Good: 1931 Comedy Sprints Shy librarian (Joe E. Brown) joins a college track team to impress a girl. [3] Million Dollar Legs: 1932 Comedy Shot put W. C. Fields fable of team from "Klopstokia" competing at the 1932 Summer Olympics. [4] A Million to One ...