It takes something special to stand out in the Olympic games, where more than 11,650 of the world’s best athletes have converged to compete.
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Alan Hubbard: Despite the deprivations, Tokyo 2020 will be a hard act for Paris to follow
The party’s over, as the song says, but Tokyo 2020 will not be calling it a day. Soon it will be time for Act Two of the smash hit Far East production, with a star cast of Paralympians waiting in the wings for their turn to go on stage.
Olympian cyclist Olivia Podmore's family mourn her sudden death
New Zealand’s cycling and Olympic communities have been left shocked by the death of 24-year-old Olivia Podmore, who represented New Zealand at the Rio Olympics in 2016.
Dollar for dollar, the winning nations at the Olympic Games seem to be the poorest
Success in the Olympic Games is usually focused on medals, especially gold ones, and countries are usually ranked in terms of the number of medals won, and sometimes as medals per million of population or gross domestic product.
Tokyo 2020 played out in empty arenas but bound eight billion people together
So how was it for you? Whether you loved or hated them, you have to admit these Olympic Games were a crazy proposition. With 206 competing teams, they were bigger and more diverse than the United Nations and – with an estimated bill of at least £12bn, 111% over budget – the Japanese could have bought 300 new 300-bed hospitals, or 1,200 elementary schools, with what they cost to put on.
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Lewis says athletes will rebound in Paris2024