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Fifty-seven years after it last hosted the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Tokyo has seen two very different Olympic Games. Philip Barker tells the story of change from Tokyo to Tokyo.
But 11.07 seconds sees her progress as only joint-11th quickest Lawrence Okoye suffers disaster in the discus, failing to record a legal mark with all three efforts Tom Gale seals his place in the high jump final It would be foolish to write off Dina Asher-Smith on the basis of one Olympic 100 metres heat, even if it did see her beaten for the first time this year. But if there were question marks over her medal credentials before arriving in Tokyo, they have only increased now. Asher-Smith, a perfectionist in every element of her life, does not do defeat. So easing down to clock 11....
Thursday, 15 April 2021 North Korea’s withdrawal from the upcoming Olympics has echoes of the 1964 Games in Tokyo although the reasons behind it are very different. Earlier this month, Pyongyang announced that it would not take part "to protect athletes from the global health crisis caused by the coronavirus." The regime claims that there are no cases of COVID-19 in North Korea. The boycott comes as international relations with the West have hardened despite attempts by the Olympic Movement to build closer relationships in recent years. It was a similar story approaching the Tokyo Games in...
The outside of Tokyo's Olympic Stadium (© AFP / Getty Images) With every major milestone comes that extra surge of excitement and anticipation for the rescheduled Olympic Games, for which there are now just 100 days to go. On 23 July the spotlight will be on Tokyo's Olympic Stadium as it hosts the opening ceremony and one week later the world’s best track and field athletes will descend on the rebuilt venue of the 1964 Games as athletics action gets under way. More than half a century ago, when Tokyo last hosted the Olympics, the stadium was the place where New Zealand’s Peter Snell tore...
Thursday, 7 January 2021 When you postpone an Olympic Games for the first time in peacetime it's hardly surprising that there is a whole host of unintended consequences that start to jump out at you. Fortunately, they are not all bad ones. At the British Olympic Association (BOA), we are particularly proud of our heritage and history, and not least the part that British Olympians have played in creating that golden thread through time. In the build up to the original 2020 Games much of our focus was on 1964 and the cohort of athletes that first competed in Tokyo with the Union flag on their ...