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A sumo wrestler that spooked horses was knocked out of the Olympic equestrian ring. The statue and a nearby patch of cherry trees that riders thought might be startling the animals during the individual jumping event were among the obstacles swapped out on Friday. Officials say designer Santiago Varela had planned on removing the sumo […]
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, […]
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 […]
American gymnast Simone Biles has withdrawn from Monday’s floor final at the Tokyo Olympics but is yet to make a decision on whether she will compete in the beam final on Tuesday. The four-time Olympic champion, 24, had already withdrawn from the women’s team final and individual all-around final to focus on her mental health. […]
Two Georgian silver medalists were told to leave the Olympic Games for taking a sightseeing trip in Tokyo. Leaving the athletes’ village for non-Games purposes is against measures designed to protect against Covid-19. Japan has extended a state of emergency in the city following a surge in cases. “We took away accreditation as we believe […]
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 […]
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 […]
Japan’s Momiji Nishiya made history on Monday by winning the first-ever Olympic gold medal in women’s street skateboarding at the Games in Tokyo. At the age of just 13, Nishiya topped a youthful podium with Rayssa Leal of Brazil, also 13, taking the silver medal and Japan’s Funa Nakayama, 16, winning bronze. With an average […]
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 […]
A major Tokyo Olympic venue, Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo Bay, which is to host canoeing and rowing events suffered huge damage after it was ‘plagued’ by a sea of oysters. The unwanted visitors have costed organisers $1.28 million in emergency repairs. Massive numbers of them had attached themselves to floats intended to stop waves […]
The delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics will not have spectators due to the city’s coronavirus state of emergency through the Games, according to the Japanese Olympic Committee. The announcement was made following a meeting of five Olympic and Japanese government groups responsible for the Games. Japanese Olympic Committee Seiko Hashimoto said due to the pandemic, organizers […]
US sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson is set to miss the Tokyo Olympics after she received a one-month ban after testing positive for marijuana. The 21-year-old won the 100m at the US Olympic trials in Oregon in June and earlier this year ran the sixth-fastest time in history. But the Texan’s positive test means her qualification result […]