We take a look back at the second week of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Barshim share a gold medal in the high jump, skateboarding is dominated by more incredible Japanese teenagers, and it continues to be incredibly hot at these Olympic Games.
Read more:
- The Japan Times' coverage of the Olympic Games
- Japan's summer heat an Olympic challenge for competing athletes (The Japan Times)
- The man behind the Olympic 'anti-sex' beds speaks out (Dan Orlowitz, The Japan Times)
- Japan wins two more medals in skateboarding as Sakura Yosozumi takes gold (Oscar Boyd, The Japan Times)
- Shot-putter’s gesture renews controversy over podium protests at Tokyo Games (The Japan Times)
- Belarusian Olympic sprinter receives humanitarian visa from Poland (Magdalena Osumi, The Japan Times)
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