Tag: Olympics
Hidilyn Diaz wins first ever Olympic gold for Philippines
In her fourth and probably last Olympics, the 30-year-old lifted a combined weight of 224 kg, an Olympic record
Pope Francis blesses Olympic Games, organizers, athletes
"In this time of pandemic, may these Games be a sign of hope, a sign of universal brotherhood marked by a healthy spirit of competition”
Olympics director fired over Holocaust comments on eve of opening ceremony
Kentaro Kobayashi, show director for the Games' opening event, was fired due to a joke he made about the Holocaust in a comedy act in 1998
Athletes, visitors not allowed in Tokyo churches during Olympic Games
Tokyo entered a new state of emergency on Monday, less than two weeks before the Games begin
Spectators to face Olympic ban as Tokyo declares coronavirus emergency –...
If confirmed, the ban on spectators would mark the latest blow to the troubled Olympics, delayed by a year because of the pandemic
‘Sad, lonely feeling’: Tokyo man evicted twice, 50 years apart, for...
Across from the gleaming stadium, and just uphill from the site of his now-destroyed former home, is a small park with a set of Olympic rings
US Olympian takes her Catholic faith to Tokyo games
McCallum does not travel anywhere without her rosary and a special cross from her grandmother
Osaka cancels Olympic torch run, declares COVID-19 medical emergency
Health authorities fear a virus variant is unleashing a fourth wave of infections just 107 days before the Tokyo Olympics begins
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