Tag: Olympics
Sha’Carri Richardson: Sprint superstar causes a sensation at the Olympics
Sha’Carri Richardson The sprint superstar causes a sensation Sha’Carri Richardson © Getty Images Soon they will finally start: The 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Already an absolute highlight: Sprinter Sha’Carri…
Chinese swimmer Sun Yang, triple Olympic champion, deprived of the Tokyo Olympics
Sun Yang in the men’s 200-meter freestyle semi-final at the Rio Olympics on August 7, 2016. MARTIN BUREAU / AFP Sun Yang will miss the Tokyo Olympics. The Court of…
for the Japanese, the Olympics are not worth the candle
Protesters against the Tokyo Olympics in front of Shimbashi station, May 17, 2021. APA-PICTUREDESK On May 17, it is 7 p.m. in Ginza, and this upscale district of Tokyo is…
Victory and defeat: – 3×3 basketball: dream of the Olympics is over
“We will be back!”Fabricio Vay, who injured himself in the first match and continued with a swollen knee, scored a 19:16 against Canada. But the hoped-for help from Croatia against…
The Japanese no longer want the Tokyo Olympics, the Suga government under pressure
Analysis. Postponed for a year, the Tokyo Games, which are due to start on July 23, will be a first in the history of Olympism. Not only because they will…
“Never cooped up like this”: Trapped at the Olympics
Tuesday, May 25, 2021 “Never cooped up like this” Caught in the Olympics Some are happy that things are about to start, others are far more skeptical of the sporting…
State of emergency shortly before the Olympics: USA impose the highest warning level for Japan
Tuesday, May 25, 2021 Emergency shortly before the Olympics USA imposes the highest warning level for Japan Japan is struggling with the fourth wave of corona infections, but the Olympic…
Two months before the Olympics, the United States recommend their nationals not to go to Japan
A man wearing a mask walks past a poster for the Tokyo Olympics, May 11, 2021. EUGENE HOSHIKO / AP While Japan is hit by a fourth epidemic wave, and…
Japan steps up vaccination ahead of Olympics, India overwhelmed by deaths
Emergency services bury a victim of Covid-19, in a village near Faridabad. SAJJAD HUSSAIN / AFP The Covid-19 pandemic has killed nearly 3.5 million people worldwide since the end of…
At least 75% of residents of the Olympic village will be vaccinated for the Tokyo Olympics, ensures the IOC
IOC President Thomas Bach in videoconference with Tokyo Games President Seiko Hashimoto on Wednesday 19 May. YOSHIKAZU TSUNO / AFP At least 75% of residents of Tokyo Olympic Games Village…
Katharina Bauer’s special story: Only the defibrillator makes the Olympics possible
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Katharina Bauer’s special story Only the defibrillator makes the Olympics possible Katharina Bauer is one of the best German pole vaulters. But the athlete is not…
World cycling champion Julian Alaphilippe to skip Tokyo Olympics
Julian Alaphilippe, on the finish line of a stage of the Tour de France, in Nice, August 20, 2020. STUART FRANKLIN / POOL VIA REUTERS The French Julian Alaphilippe, reigning…