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OLYMPICS
Aug 6, 2021

Olympic race walkers battle 'brutal' heat in Sapporo

Olympic race walkers had to fight through 'brutal' conditions as temperatures climbed steadily during their 50-km race to top 30 degrees Celsius by 9 a.m. in Sapporo on Friday.
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Aug 6, 2021

Week 2 at the Tokyo Olympics: A marathon in the heat

We take a look back at the second week of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 6, 2021

Two Belarus officials stripped of Tokyo Games accreditation over involvement in sprinter incident

The IOC launched disciplinary proceedings against the officials two days ago over their role in an athlete's refusal to return to Belarus.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 6, 2021

Germany's Florian Wellbrock wins men's swimming marathon

Kristof Rasovszky of Hungary took silver and Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy claimed bronze.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 5, 2021

Alberto Gines Lopez wins first Olympic sport climbing gold

Spain's Alberto Gines Lopez won the first Olympic sport climbing competition with a stellar run in the speed discipline and a good finish in lead carrying him to the gold medal.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 5, 2021

Japan comes up short in women's table tennis team final as China's dominance continues

China has yet to be defeated in either the men's or women's team event since it was first introduced at the 2008 Beijing Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 5, 2021

Kevin Durant powers Team USA to win over Australia in semifinal

The win was a measure of revenge against a team that had upset the United States in an exhibition game in Las Vegas last month.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 5, 2021

Simone Biles thanks Japanese gym that helped her regain her form

Biles spent several days out of the spotlight at the training facilities of Juntendo University where she was able to overcome the disorientation she was experiencing while performing.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 5, 2021

Day 12 recap: Women's 400-meter hurdles world record obliterated at Tokyo Games

A Belarusian athlete departs Tokyo for Poland three days after refusing an order to return home against her wishes and seeking diplomatic protection.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 4, 2021

Poland's Wojciech Nowicki wins gold medal in men's hammer throw

Poland's Wojciech Nowicki won the men's hammer throw with a personal best of 82.52 meters on Wednesday, while his compatriot Pawel Fajdek avoided another Olympic disappointment by picking up the bronze.
OLYMPICS
Aug 4, 2021

Japan wins two more medals in skateboarding as Sakura Yosozumi takes gold

The park event made its debut at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics following last week's street competition and turned out to be another sport dominated by Japanese teenagers.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 3, 2021

German Malaika Mihambo aces long jump final with last leap

Reigning world champion Malaika Mihambo of Germany won the women's long jump gold with her final leap of 7.00 meters at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 3, 2021

One sport has gifted Indonesia all its Olympic golds. The streak continues in Tokyo.

A women's doubles badminton victory was the first gold for Indonesia in Tokyo and the eighth in the country's Olympic history.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 3, 2021

Charting the course of Tokyo’s climbing walls

The eccentric architects behind the Olympic debut of sport climbing are responsible for putting on a good show and a fair competition.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 2, 2021

Cycling fans finally get up close at Izu velodrome

A 50% capacity of up to 1,800 is permitted at the track cycling venue up in the forested hills near Mount Fuji, outside Tokyo, where tougher COVID-19 restrictions apply.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2021

Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim, Italian Gianmarco Tamberi share men's high jump gold

Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim and Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy shared the men's high jump gold at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2021

Xander Schauffele wins golf gold for U.S. in Tokyo as Matsuyama comes up short in playoff for bronze

Rory Sabbatini claimed an unlikely silver for adopted nation Slovakia while Taiwan's CT Pan secured bronze.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2021

Japan confident heading into Olympic soccer semifinal against Spain

After squeaking past New Zealand, the team appeared unfazed by the down-to-the-wire drama, because, at the end of the day, winning was the ultimate goal in the knockout stage.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2021

'Surreal!' says Australia's Emma McKeon after picking up seventh medal in Tokyo

McKeon won four gold medals in Tokyo and she joins Michael Phelps, Mark Spitz and Matt Biondi as the only swimmers with seven medals at a Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2021

Simone Biles withdraws from Olympic floor exercise final

'Simone has withdrawn from the event final for floor and will make a decision later this week on beam,' USA Gymnastics said in a statement on Twitter.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2021

Day 8 recap: Jamaica sweep 100-meter podium as Games hit by first doping suspensions

Sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah wins gold in the women's 100-meter showdown, becoming the fastest woman alive as she denies compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce a third Olympic title.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2021

Belinda Bencic outlasts Marketa Vondrousova for women's singles gold medal

Prior to taking Centre Court for the gold medal match of the Tokyo Olympic women's tennis singles competition, Switzerland's Belinda Bencic received a message from Swiss tennis great Roger Federer.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 31, 2021

From despair to Olympic gymnastics debut: Japan's 'other Kohei'

Nobody was surprised when a Japanese gymnast named Kohei made it through to the men's apparatus finals. The shock was that it wasn't former Olympic champion 'King' Kohei Uchimura.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 31, 2021

Xander Schauffele clings to gold medal position in Olympic golf as Hideki Matsuyama lurks

Matsuyama drained a clutch putt for par on 18 to finish with a four-under 67, keeping him a stroke off the pace heading into the final round.

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