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Photo: Getty The Olympics showed us how out of fashion resilience has become. 09 August 2021 | REBEKAH WANIC AND NINA POWELL | Spiked As in Olympics past, Tokyo 2020 has had its fair share of controversies, inviting commentary on wider political issues and on the 21st-century culture wars – from sexism in Japanese culture to athletes seeking…
Children from 12 camps in northwest Syria mark the end of the Tokyo Olympics with their own competition 09 August 2021 | Ali Haj Suleiman | Middle East Eye Displaced children from camps across northwest Syria gathered on Saturday to compete in the ‘Tent Olympics’ as the Tokyo Olympics drew to a close. The 120…
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Photo: IOC – The 2020 summer Olympic Games in Japan (23 Jul-8 Aug, 2021) 08 August 2021 | James Porteous | Clipper Media The 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Japan (23 Jul-8 Aug, 2021). For the rest of time those words will be written and read with a hint of stinky karma. The failed Olympics? The Games held behind…
Photo: Double gold medallist Elaine Thompson-Herah was banned from Instagram for posting videos of her victories (Note: Photo has been cropped so as to avoid offending IOC copyright) 04 August 2021 | Martyn Landi | Belfast Telegraph Instagram has explained its moderation policies after being criticised over its response to posts from Olympic champion Elaine…
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Photo: Commemorative stamps of the “1st Games of the New Emerging Forces.” The 1964 Olympics in Tokyo banned all athletes who took part in a counter-competition a year earlier called the Games of the New Emerging Forces, which were dubbed the left-wing Olympics (AP Photo) 29 July 2021 | David Webster | The Conversation The Olympic…
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Photo: Kurt Korte at Tsurigasaki Beach. “If we get to the end and we go, ‘Oh, no, the surf’s not very good,’ then I haven’t done my job.”Credit…James Hill for The New York Times Kurt Korte does not control the waves for the Games’ debut surfing competition. His job is to predict when the best ones…
Plenty at stake for NBC as COVID Olympics opening looms 16 July 2021 | DAVID BAUDER | AP NEW YORK (AP) — If all goes well for NBC Universal over the next several weeks, Americans will be buzzing about the Olympic performances of Simone Biles, Gabby Thomas, Kevin Durant or some unexpected star. The year-delayed…
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