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Tokyo 2020 Olympics
A pandemic Olympics, without all the crowds: What gets lost?
Olympic attention to mental health: Can NBC coverage pivot?
The ‘gymternet’: Gymnastics’ devoted, sometimes toxic fans
From the Emperor on down: Memories of the ’64 Tokyo Olympics
Finally, Olympic Gold!
Tokyo Games boast equal gender participation for first time
EXPLAINER: This year’s four new Olympic sports, broken down
EXPLAINER: How team of refugee athletes made it to Olympics
Petecio dominates foe from Congo
TOKYO—Nesthy Petecio dominated Republic of the Congo’s Marcelat Sakobi Matshu, 5-0, in the first bout of the boxing competitions of the Tokyo Olympics that went full throttle after a unique opening ceremony that was closed to fans the night before.
Nievarez all warmed up for Sunday’s quarterfinals
TOKYO—Rower Cris Nievarez was at the Sea Forest Waterway inspired more than ever as he warmed up for Sunday’s quarterfinals of the men’s single sculls of rowing in the Tokyo Olympics.
Carlos Yulo: Disaster on the floor
TOKYO—Carlos Yulo missed the men’s floor exercise—his pet event—finals on Saturday night in men’s artistic gymnastics competitions of the Tokyo Olympics at the Ariyake Gymnasium.
Full-blooded karateka on Team New Zealand’s Olympic team
TOKYO—Unknown to many, there’s a 20th Filipino athlete who is in these Tokyo Olympics. The thing is, she’s competing for Team New Zealand.
Carapaz wins men’s road race for Ecuador’s 1st cycling medal
OYAMA, Japan—Richard Carapaz climbed onto the medal stand and locked arms with Wout van Aert on his right and Tadej Pogacar to his left, the diminutive Ecuadoran rider dwarfed by two of the giants of modern cycling.
Chinese shooter wins first gold medal
TOKYO—Hardly half a day passed before politics, the pandemic and blistering heat impacted events across the Tokyo Olympics.
‘The greatest honor’: Osaka lights Olympic cauldron
TOKYO — What a moment for Naomi Osaka. For the new Japan. For racial injustice. For female athletes. For tennis.
‘Don’t look old’: At 41, ageless Scola set for 5th Olympics
SAITAMA — Luis Scola starts each day with the same wish.
Naohisa Takato claims Japan’s 1st Tokyo gold with judo win
TOKYO — Naohisa Takato won Japan’s first gold medal at its home Olympics, beating Taiwan’s Yang Yung-wei in the men’s 60-kilogram judo final on Saturday night.
Nievarez inspires on Day 1
TOKYO—Cris Nievarez provided a whiff of fresh air to a Philippine campaign that teetered a day before opening day on Friday, clinching a quarterfinal-round berth in rowing at the Sea Forest Waterway on Tokyo Bay.
World champ Petecio kicks off boxing campaign vs Congo bet
TOKYO—Nesthy Petecio is a world champion ready to take on the challenge the glittery Olympic stage has to offer on Day 2 of the Games that opened like no other on Friday night.
Opening ceremony uses familiar music from video games
TOKYO—The athletes of the Tokyo Olympics were greeted by a few familiar notes Friday night.
Yulo’s golden quest unfurls
TOKYO—Carlos Yulo spent much of the afternoon soloed in his room at the Team Philippines secretariat inside the Olympic Village on Friday as he psyched himself up for the men’s artistic gymnastics that gets going on Saturday at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre.
Rule plunges into Tokyo swimming competition
TOKYO—Filipino-American Remedy Rule plunges into the women’s 100 meters butterfly heats on Saturday night hoping to finish inside the top 16 to go deeper into her Olympic debut at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
MVPSF allots cash incentives for Paralympic medalists
With Olympic fervor fully ablaze these days, the MVP Sports Foundation (MVPSF) through its Chairman Manny V. Pangilinan and President Al S. Panlilio, today announced it is earmarking cash incentives not only for Filipino Summer Olympics medalists, but also for those who bring honor from the Tokyo 2020 PARALYMPICS.
Solon seeks additional incentives for Filipino athletes vying for medals in Tokyo Olympics
ASSURING full support from the Philippine government, Senator Christopher Bong Go pushed Friday for additional allowances and other incentives for Filipino athletes competing in Tokyo Olympics as he assured them of the commitment from the Duterte administration.
At least 100 US athletes unvaccinated as Olympics begin
TOKYO — About 100 of the 613 U.S. athletes descending on Tokyo for the Olympics are unvaccinated, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee’s medical chief said hours before Friday night’s opening ceremony.
Famed Budokan arena gets another Olympic spotlight
TOKYO — The Nippon Budokan sits serenely nestled in a verdant park at the heart of Tokyo. Visitors admire the elegant lines of its Buddhist temple-based design before they step into the graceful reverence of the arena, where countless martial arts champions have been crowned since it opened in 1964 with the first Olympic judo tournament.
As Tokyo Games open, can Olympic flame burn away the funk?
TOKYO — Disputed, locked down and running a year late, the Tokyo Games begin at last on Friday night, a multinational showcase of the finest athletes of a world fragmented by disease — and an event steeped in the political and medical baggage of a relentless pandemic whose presence haunts every Olympic corner.
Dozens of pro boxers to take their swings at Olympic gold
TOKYO — When professional boxers were first welcomed into the Olympics a half-decade ago, many people around the sport hated the idea — and many still do.
Taekwondo jin Barbosa qualifies for Tokyo Olympics
KURT BARBOSA competed on thin ice in Amman on Saturday night but nevertheless snatched a ticket to the Tokyo Olympics with a slim 50-49 win over hometown bet Zaid Al-Halawani in the Asian Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament.