2020 tokyo olympic games

A view of the Olympic rings in Tokyo ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan.Danny Lawson | PA Images | Getty ImagesThe Tokyo Olympics are set to officially begin after a one-year delay, and the International Olympic Committee says…

Rio Olympics bronze medallist Sakshi Malik rates Vinesh Phogat as mentally strongest among the seven Tokyo Games bound Indian wrestlers, saying she had not seen a mentally tougher wrestler than her friend. “Vinesh is very strong — both…

“I think it is likely that a backlash is building on this,” she said. “We see it in various states in the U.S.“The International Olympic Committee has also noted that its policies on trans people participating are open to further review as…

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Seiko Hashimoto, the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, called the decision “the last piece for the Olympics” to proceed on July 23.But as with everything about these Olympics — the first postponed in the history of the…

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Hashimoto hedged, slightly.“Whether it’s 100% or not, well, I have been receiving this question many times," Hashimoto said. "If the IOC judges, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government judges, that it is difficult, then it is also our mission…

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