Tag: 2020 Tokyo Olympics
North Korea Is Not Going To The 2022 Winter Olympics
The IOC is annoyed at the country for skipping the Tokyo Games.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGOrSdjwNsY
North Korea has been tossed from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics because the...
Analysis: For Biles, peace comes with a price – the gold
TOKYO (AP) — When you spend the better part of a decade redefining the possible within your sport, the standards change. Good is no...
EXPLAINER: Why do Olympic beach volleyball players wear bikinis?
TOKYO (AP) — No, women are not required to wear bikinis to play beach volleyball at the Olympics.
Yes, TV cameras do tend to linger...
EXPLAINER: Why Olympic beach volleyball players wear bikinis
TOKYO (AP) — No, women are not required to wear bikinis to play beach volleyball at the Olympics.
Yes, TV cameras do tend to linger...
Seasoned superstars win gold in surfing’s Olympic debut
ICHINOMIYA, Japan (AP) — After a series of underdogs stole the show at the beginning of surfing’s historic Olympic debut, two of the sport’s...
‘About time’: Gay athletes unleash rainbow wave on Olympics
TOKYO (AP) — When Olympic diver Tom Daley announced in 2013 that he was dating a man and “couldn’t be happier,” his coming out was an...
Russian team topples American powerhouse with Biles out and the USA...
TOKYO (AP) — Angelina Melnikova, a celebrated gymnast from Russia, was gliding around the parallel bars when breaking news started rocketing around the world:...
US star Simone Biles exits; ROC wins women’s gymnastics
TOKYO (AP) — Simone Biles came to Tokyo as the star of the U.S. Olympic movement and perhaps the games themselves.
It all came to...
Olympics: NBC Plans all-day coverage leading up to tonight’s Opening Ceremonies
The day begins on NBC with the network’s first-ever live morning broadcast of an Opening Ceremony, followed by a special edition of TODAY with reaction and athlete interviews and...
The Latest: Tokyo cases at 6-month high ahead of Olympics Opening...
TOKYO — Tokyo’s coronavirus infections have surged to a six-month high with the Olympic host city logging 1,832 new cases just two days before...