All posts tagged "featured"
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 4 years agoOLYMPIC DIGEST | Daily Highlights for August 5
Athletes at the Tokyo Olympics have been performing super (and super-human) athletic feats, even as COVID-19 and other controversies swirl. With...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 4 years agoKarunananda of Sri Lanka: The Courageous Loser Who Won Hearts at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics
Everyone shouted as if they were cheering for their own country's athlete. Some of them watched him in awe with their...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 4 years agoTRACK and FIELD | Japan Qualifies for Men’s 4x100-Meter Relay Final
Shuhei Tada, Ryota Yamagata, Yoshihide Kiryu and Yuki Koike completed their qualifying heat in 38.16 seconds.
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 4 years agoOLYMPIC DIGEST | Daily Highlights for August 4
Wrestler Yukako Kawai triumphs in the women’s freestyle 62-kg final, winning the same division that her older sister Risako did at...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 4 years agoBASEBALL | Tetsuto Yamada Delivers Clutch Hit as Japan Beats South Korea to Book Spot in Final
The win ensures Samurai Japan will win its first Olympic medal in baseball since the 2004 Athens Games.
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 4 years agoBASKETBALL | Japan Women Edge Belgium in Thriller, Reach Olympic Semifinals for First Time
Saki Hayashi sank a 3-pointer with 15.2 seconds remaining to keep the host nation’s medal hopes alive.
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 4 years agoSKATEBOARDING | Japan’s Yosozumi and Hiraki Fly to Gold and Silver in Women’s Park Final
There are few sports that have stolen the hearts of people like skateboarding at the Tokyo Olympics, and the women’s park...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 4 years agoOLYMPIC DIGEST | Daily Highlights for August 3
Marco Asensio’s goal in the 115th minute sends Spain into the final against Brazil, relegating Japan to play Mexico in the...
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 4 years agoGYMNASTICS | Daiki Hashimoto Claims Second Gold Medal By Winning Horizontal Bar Title
The Japanese teenager has come into his own at the Tokyo Games, earning three medals.
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 4 years agoTRACK and FIELD | Karsten Warholm Eclipses Own World Record in 400-Meter Hurdles En Route to Olympic Gold
The Norwegian completes the final in 45.94 seconds a month after topping Kevin Young’s record set at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 4 years agoBOXING | Sena Irie Captures Women’s Featherweight Gold Medal
The 20-year-old Tottori Prefecture native becomes Japan’s first female Olympic boxing medalist.
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Olympics and Paralympics
/ 4 years agoOLYMPIC DIGEST | Daily Highlights for August 2
~~ Athletes at the Tokyo Olympics have been performing super (and super-human) athletic feats, even as COVID-19 and other controversies swirl....
