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OLYMPICS
Aug 9, 2021
How we saw it: The Mental Health Olympics
Mental health awareness in sports did not begin at these Olympics, but they provided the platform for it to explode into public consciousness like never before.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 9, 2021
How we saw it: The Japanese Women's Olympics
Japan collected 58 medals, its most at a Summer Olympics, and more than half of the honors involved female athletes.
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OLYMPICS
Aug 9, 2021
Tokyo’s Olympic bubble? Wait till you see Beijing’s.
With the Winter Olympics in Beijing just six months away, the Chinese authorities are planning elaborate precautions against COVID-19.
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OLYMPICS
Aug 9, 2021
How we saw it: The Silent Olympics
As brilliant as the competition was, without spectators to share in the spectacle, the Tokyo Olympics lost their soul.
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MULTIMEDIA
Aug 9, 2021
In pictures: Closing ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
With a bang and a few speeches and no fans whatsoever, the closing ceremony played us out of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
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OLYMPICS
Aug 8, 2021
Curtain falls on a tumultuous Tokyo Games
A Games not everyone was sure would get off the ground reached its end at National Stadium as Olympians gathered for the closing ceremony of the Games.
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OLYMPICS
Aug 8, 2021
Atsunori Inaba finishes job as Japan claims long-awaited baseball gold
Japan manager Atsunori Inaba doesn't officially get a medal from the Tokyo Games, but one hung around his neck anyway as Japan celebrated its first Olympic baseball gold.
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MULTIMEDIA
Aug 8, 2021
In pictures: Day 16 of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Kicking off with the relocated marathon, this was the day that finalized a grueling series of matches in many sports, including basketball, water polo, handball and volleyball. Naturally, there were both celebrations and tears.
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OLYMPICS
Aug 8, 2021
Priceless? Even Olympic medals can be had for the right price
As the Tokyo Games come to a close, collectors will gain a new opportunity to begin adding to their own medal hauls.
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OLYMPICS
Aug 8, 2021
Japan's miracle run ends in final as U.S. wins women's basketball gold
A powerhouse American team was too much for the Akatsuki Five, with the U.S. taking the gold with a convincing 90-75 victory.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 8, 2021
Climate change could force schedule changes in the future, World Athletics chief says
'I'm no climatologist but the reality is that wherever we go the new norm will be dealing with really harsh climatic conditions,' Sebastian Coe said.
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OLYMPICS
Aug 8, 2021
Japan's Yumi Kajihara wins silver in track cycling
Kajihara's medal came in front of a rare crowd of fans at the Izu Velodrome in Shizuoka Prefecture.
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JAPAN / FOCUS
Aug 8, 2021
Tokyo feared the Games would spread COVID-19. The numbers inside the 'bubble' suggest that didn't happen.
Japan had feared that the Games might spread COVID-19, introduce new variants and overwhelm the medical system. But the numbers from inside the Olympic 'bubble' tell a different story.
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OLYMPICS
Aug 8, 2021
Italy basks in Tokyo Games medal glory as COVID-19 gamble pays off
While other nations were shutting gyms, pools and tracks amid the pandemic, Italy provided an exemption for some 250 elite athletes to keep training for much of the past 18 months.
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OLYMPICS
Aug 8, 2021
Serbia overpower South Korea to win bronze in women's Olympic volleyball
Rio silver medalists Serbia overpowered South Korea in straight sets in the women's volleyball tournament on Sunday to take the bronze medal at the Tokyo Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 8, 2021
A memorable Olympics, but for the right reasons?
A feat of organizational planning and execution in a pandemic left even gold medalists hurrying home from an atmosphere drained of pomp and full of anxiety.

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