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Tokyo Olympics a silver lining in pandemic and Beijing Winter Olympics: China Daily contributor
The writer says that the return of the postponed Japan Olympic Games will be good news for both Japan and China, as Beijing is scheduled to hold the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.
The Olympic Rings being reinstalled at the waterfront in Tokyo on Dec 1, 2020.PHOTO: AFP
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Tai spent part of lockdown forming a new band, Blush!
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This time last year, Alice Tai was basking in the glory of winning an emphatic seven golds at a home World Championships. Now she is struggling to remember the last time she swam in a pool. Oh, what a question, the Paralympic swimmer says, speaking over the phone. Um, oh my gosh. I mean, I was training in Italy for a bit but that was over the summer. When I came back it was probably. She pauses, mumbling the months of the year under her breath, as if counting them on her fingers: May, June, July. August. Yes, I think it s since August I ve not been in the pool.
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Updated December 18, 2020
Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Stanislav Pozdnyakov speaks with the media in Moscow on December 17, 2020, hours before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is to deliver its verdict over Russia ban from international sports imposed following allegations of state-sanctioned doping.
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The Kremlin said Friday it regretted a decision to ban Russia from international sport for two years but stressed the importance for the country’s athletes to participate in international competitions as neutrals.
On Thursday, the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport cut the initial four-year ban imposed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and allowed selected athletes to participate as neutrals.
Blow To Clean Athletes : Condemnation As Russia Doping Ban Cut To Two Years By Coralie FEBVRE
12/18/20 AT 12:29 AM
Russia s ban from international sport was halved to two years on Thursday and its athletes were cleared to compete as neutrals, drawing condemnation from athletes and anti-doping advocates.
The Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport cut the initial four-year ban imposed by the World Anti-Doping Agency, citing matters of proportionality and the need to effect cultural change and encourage the next generation of Russian athletes . This should not, however, be read as any validation of the conduct of RUSADA (Russia s anti-doping watchdog) or the Russian authorities.