Tokyo Olympics 2020: Acts of kindness abound at extraordinary Olympics AP, TOKYO A surfer jumps in to translate for the rival who had just beaten him. High-jumping friends agree to share a gold medal rather than move to a tiebreaker. Two runners fall in a tangle of legs, then help each other to the finish line. In an extraordinary Olympic Games where mental health has been front and center, acts of kindness are everywhere. The world’s most competitive athletes have been captured showing gentleness and warmth to one another — celebrating, pep-talking, wiping away one another’s tears of disappointment. Kanoa Igarashi of Japan was disappointed when he lost to Brazilian Italo Ferreira on Tuesday last week in their sport’s Olympic debut.