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TOKYO 2020… TOKYO 2020… TOKYO 2020… The Tokyo Olympic Games are upon us. They look and feel different from any other Games of times gone by, but they are here. At last. With an unexpected additional year of preparation under their belts, more than 11,300 athletes from 207 nations will compete over the next couple of weeks, all vying to get their hands on the medal they’ve worked so long for. When the Games were postponed in March 2020, organisers said the Olympic flame “could become the light at the end of the tunnel”. With the Covid-19 pandemic still raging worldwide, that metaph...

Six Team GBtrack and field team athletes are isolating after a passenger on their flight to the Tokyo Olympics tested positive for Covid-19. Sportsmail understands that the group does not include medal hopefuls Dina Asher-Smith, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Laura Muir, Jemma Reekie, Adam Gemili, Andy Pozzi, Elliot Giles, Keely Hodgkinson or Dan Rowden. Two members of staff have also been affected. The group were on a flight that landed in Japan on Friday. The news comes as a huge blow ahead of Friday’s Opening Ceremony and raises further questions over the decision to host the Games during a ...