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Australia s 4x100m freestyle swimming team－(from left) Bronte Campbell, Meg Harris, Emma Mckeon and Cate Campbell－pose mask-less on the podium with their gold medals after setting a world record in Sunday s final at the Tokyo Olympics. [Photo/Agencies]
TOKYO－Athletes must wear masks at all Tokyo Olympic Games venues, including medal ceremonies, the International Olympic Committee said on Sunday, but under a new policy they are briefly allowed to remove them on the podium for a photo opportunity.
Masks are mandatory across all venues, both inside and outside, for all athletes, staff and media, as part of Games organizers strict measures to combat the coronavirus.
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Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Basketball - Men - Group A - Iran v Czech Republic - Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan - July 25, 2021. Staff member wearing a protective face mask.
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TOKYO, July 25 - Athletes must wear masks at all Tokyo Olympic Games venues, including medal ceremonies, the International Olympic Committee said on Sunday (July 25), but under a new policy they are briefly allowed to remove them on the podium for a photo opportunity.
Masks are mandatory across all venues, both inside and outside, for all athletes, staff and media, as part of Games organisers strict measures to combat the coronavirus.
Primer oro de la natación olímpica fue para EEUU
Primer oro de la natación olímpica fue para EEUU
Tokio, 24 jul (PL) El estadounidense Chase Kalisz conquistó hoy aquí la primera medalla de oro correspondiente a la natación en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio-2020, al ganar la prueba de 400 metros combinado.
Tunecino Hafnaoui sorprende en 400 m libre de Tokio
Kalisz encabezó la prueba de principio a fin y dominó con tiempo de cuatro minutos, nueve segundos y 42 centésimas, para darle a Estados Unidos su primer cetro en la cita estival.
La plata fue al cuello de su compatriota Jay Litherland, quien concluyó el tramo con crono de 4:10.28 minutos, y el bronce para el australiano Brendon Smith, con 4:10.38.
Mark Geenty15:03, Jul 25 2021
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Kiwi swimmer led at the halfway mark of the medal race, but faded in the final length in Tokyo.
Halfway through his first Olympic final, Lewis Clareburt touched the Tokyo Aquatics Centre wall in front, and thousands of his newfound New Zealand fans leaned closer to their screens. “He looks to be cruising,” remarked one of the commentators, as the 22-year-old swimmer from Wellington turned from backstroke to breaststroke with a 0.34sec lead over American Chase Kalisz in the splash for medals in the men’s 400m individual medley. Kalisz seized control of gold with a blistering breaststroke leg but, even with 50m of the freestyle to swim, Clareburt held second place 1.82sec behind, and New Zealand’s first Olympic swimming medal in 25 years beckoned. Not since Danyon Loader won double gold in Atlanta in 1996 had a Kiwi stood on the Olympic dais at the pool.
El estadounidense
Chase Kalisz ganó este domingo el primer oro de la natación en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio-2020, al imponerse en la final de los 400 metros estilos.
Kalisz (27 años), subcampeón olímpico en Rio-2016, terminó con un crono de 4 minutos, 9 segundos y 42 centésimas, superando a su compatriota Jay Litherland, plata con 4:10.28, y al australiano Brendon Smith, bronce con 4:10.38.
La de Kalisz y Litherland fueron las primeras medallas de Estados Unidos en estos Juegos de Tokio, ya que el sábado, primer día en el que se repartieron metales, ningún representante del país consiguió subir al podio en ninguna disciplina.