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Hanyu eyes skating first ahead of Beijing Games

Yuzuru Hanyu yesterday gave his clearest indication yet that he intends to defend his figure skating title at the Beijing Olympics and said he will attempt a quadruple axel at this week’s Japan national...

December 24, 2021, Friday

Greece hands over flame of 2022 Games to Beijing

The Olympic Flame for the Beijing 2022 Winter Games was handed over yesterday to the Chinese organizers in a ceremony held at the Panathenaic stadium in Athens....

October 20, 2021, Wednesday

Beijing 2022 flame to be lit in empty Olympia stadium

The Olympic flame will once again be lit in an empty stadium today as it starts its truncated journey to Beijing for the Winter Games in February. Like the ceremony in March 2020 to light the flame for ...

October 18, 2021, Monday

Snowboarders train for Olympics without snow

Chinese Olympic snowboarders Liu Jiayu and Cai Xuetong had a plan: compete against the world’s best and peak for the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, going for gold at home. Then the pandemic happened. Prevented ...

September 5, 2021, Sunday

‘Most challenging’ Tokyo 2020 ends with China finishing 2nd

The Tokyo 2020 Games closed yesterday with IOC chief Thomas Bach saying it had been the “most challenging Olympic journey” after a year’s pandemic delay and threats of cancellation. Bach called the Tokyo ...

August 9, 2021, Monday

Kenyans make it look easy in marathon

Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya pulled away late and pretty much went for a stroll in the park — Odori Park — as the 36-year-old Kenyan defended his Olympic marathon title yesterday. Immediately after his finish, ...

August 9, 2021, Monday

IOC gives itself more power to remove sports from Games

The IOC gave itself more power yesterday to remove sports from the Olympic program....

August 9, 2021, Monday

Fans getting more into real Olympic spirit

I DON’T know if it could change the world, but it certainly changed me. On Thursday, I watched an entire table tennis match for the first time, incidentally also my first Tokyo 2020 event. Shame on me! ...

August 2, 2021, Monday

Not an entirely spectator-free Olympics

The soon-to-be Olympic champion was in what cyclists derisively call “the pain cave,” empty lungs searing and legs feeling like dead weight. The climb he was on seemed interminable, the evil gradient ...

August 1, 2021, Sunday

Without the crowd’s roar, Tokyo Olympians search for spirit

THE beloved American gymnast Sam Mikulak flipped off the parallel bars, stuck the landing and blew a kiss toward the camera. Those watching the men’s Olympics gymnastic competition on television back ...

July 31, 2021, Saturday



 

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