The Pigeon Express
Australian Olympians are having to quarantine for 28 days after returning to their country from Tokyo have been described as “cruel”. Athletes returning via Sydney to the state of South Australia are facing an extra two-week quarantine. That is on top of the two weeks already required for all overseas arrivals. The AOC said: “While […]
Former Polish athlete Marcin Urbas has demanded that Namibian sprinter Christine Mboma, 18, go through a gender test because he cannot believe someone who can run her times is “definitely a woman.” Mboma won silver at the 200-meter sprint in Tokyo on Monday. She was narrowly beaten to the gold medal by Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah, […]
Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field. Chopra’s throw of 87.58m secured the top spot on the podium, as India also won its first gold medal at Tokyo 2020. “In athletics it is the first time we have gold, so it’s a proud moment for […]
The German coach who was seen appearing to punch a horse for refusing to jump or trot during the modern pentathlon was thrown out of the Olympics. Coach Kim Raisner was heard on German TV urging tearful athlete Annika Schleu to “really hit” the horse while she struggled to control Saint Boy during the showjumping […]
Simone Biles has withdrawn from the vault and uneven bar apparatus finals at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday as the US gymnast continued to wrestle with mental health issues. Biles had earlier stunned the Tokyo Games when she dropped out of the team competition following a poor opening vault and then decided not to defend […]
Bermuda becomes the smallest country to win gold after Flora Duffy decisively won the triathlon. Overcome with emotion, Duffy collapsed to the ground with her hands over her face. “I really just hope it inspires the youth of Bermuda that we’re from a small country — but that doesn’t mean we can’t do great things […]
Four-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles pulled out of the women’s gymnastics team final saying: “I have to focus on my mental health”. The American left the arena after the vault, but later returned to support her team-mates as they claimed silver behind the Russian Olympic Committee. Biles, 24, scored 13.766 – her lowest Olympic […]
Japanese superstar Naomi Osaka suffered a surprise exit in her home Olympics as Czech Marketa Vondrousova earned a straight-set win in Tokyo. Osaka, 23, has been one of the faces of the Games in the Japanese capital and had the honour of lighting the Olympic cauldron in last week’s opening ceremony But the four-time Grand […]
The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics took place on Friday in a nearly empty stadium after a year-long pandemic postponement.The curtailed celebration began with a video showing athletes training at home during the pandemic before fireworks burst into the air above the Olympic Stadium.Just a few hundred officials and dignitaries were in the stands […]
Tokyo Olympics organisers have sacked the opening ceremony director on the eve of the event after reports emerged of a past joke he had made about the Holocaust. The latest in a series of embarrassments for the Tokyo organisers comes just days after a well-known musician was forced to step down as composer for the […]
Toyota will not be releasing any commercials related to the Tokyo Games in Japan, choosing instead to run its “regular” ads there. The company has decided to keep a subdued role despite being the event’s biggest sponsor. According to Toyota’s North American division, the automaker’s decision is limited to Japan, and was made “out of […]
An overseas visitor at the Tokyo Olympics athletes’ village tested positive for Covid-19, organizers said on Saturday. This is the first such case amid concerns the Games could become a super-spreader event. Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto confirmed a non-resident of Japan who is involved in organizing the Games had tested positive, adding that the […]