Tag: Olympics
about 3 years ago
thestar.com

Opinion | Penny Oleksiak’s push for a seventh medal comes up just short in 100-metre freestyle

Toronto swimmer finishes seven one-hundredths of a second off the podium.

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about 3 years ago
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A second gold medal is something to sing about for Fiji’s men’s rugby sevens. So is a return home

The Fijians have not seen their families since Easter Monday, when the country went into lockdown.

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | An Olympics in Japan can be wonderful (even if these Games aren’t)

At Nagano ’98, Rosie DiManno had $10,000 cash, a phoney press pass and a last-minute bed at a heavenly country inn. T...

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | Tokyo Olympics make clear Russia won in wake of state-sponsored doping scandal — and th...

The International Olympic Committee moved bureaucratic heaven and earth to make sure that a country that perverted an...

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about 3 years ago
dailymail.co.uk

Dominic Raab hints at 'soft' boycott of China's winter Olympics

Dominic Raab said it is 'unlikely' he will visit Beijing for the event next year, but suggested the UK will not 'poli...

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about 3 years ago
dailystar.co.uk

Sexual wellness brand offers free sex toys 'on demand' to frustrated Olympians

Sexual wellness brand LELO has offered Olympians at the competitor's village in Tokyo free "emergency sex toys" deliv...

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about 3 years ago
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Canadian Olympic women’s basketball team rebounds with win over Korea

A win Saturday over Spain would guarantee a spot in the quarterfinals.

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | Canadian rowers Hillary Janssens, Caileigh Filmer go through agony for the ecstasy of b...

The women’s pair gives Canada its first medal of the Olympic regatta, and its 10th of the Tokyo Games.

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | Jose Bautista is back in baseball, an Olympian at age 40, but the shine is gone

This is a man so prideful humbled by the game he loves, yet refusing to walk away, Rosie DiManno writes.

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | Félix Auger-Aliassime, Gabriela Dabrowski close out Canada’s Tokyo tennis card with ano...

It was the first time the mixed doubles duo had played together, which, as Rosie DiManno writes, is kind of like doin...

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about 3 years ago
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Tokyo 2020 Olympics are providing a global platform for women to speak their minds

Female athletes, like Costa Rican gymnast Luciana Alvarado, have not hesitated to speak their minds or participate in...

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about 3 years ago
dailystar.co.uk

Olympic commentators cause outrage by misgendering first non-binary athlete

Ed Leigh and Marc Churchill were commentating for the BBC on the Olympics where Team USA's non-binary Alana Smith was...

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about 3 years ago
dailystar.co.uk

Olympic ymnast Simone Biles withdraws from individual all-around competition

Mental health issues have seen top gymnast Simone Biles pull out of the individual all-around competition following h...

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about 3 years ago
dailystar.co.uk

Team GB almost crash ‘forgetting to stear’ in chaotic end to coxless four final

Oliver Cook took the responsibility for costing Team GB a medal in the men’s coxless four as their boat veered out of...

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about 3 years ago
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Tearful Team GB break 1908 swimming record winning gold in men's 4x200m relay

Team GB have won their third gold medal in the water at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, with Tom Dean, James Guy, Matt Richa...

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | This Olympic rowing journey deserved a better finish, but Canadian pair didn’t have the...

Sevick and Smith dedicated different 500-metre stretches of Wednesday’s final to important people in their lives, and...

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | Penny Oleksiak is Canada’s most decorated Summer Olympian after swimming to bronze in t...

With six Olympic medals at age 21, it seems almost inevitable now that swimmer Penny Oleksiak will become the most de...

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about 3 years ago
dailymail.co.uk

Tokyo Olympics: Iranian defector wins silver medal in judo

Mollaei, 29, won the silver medal representing Mongolia in the men's 81kg judo final on Tuesday, but lost out on clai...

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | Maude Charron lifted the bar for Olympic gold and felt the weight of her moment

“It’s a medal for weightlifting in Canada that was due to us since Christine Girard,” Charron said after the win in T...

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about 3 years ago
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Olympic notables: ‘She already won.’ Simone Biles puts her mental health before her sport in Tokyo

Biles, the most success American gymnast ever, withdrew from the women’s artistic gymnastics team final. After five s...

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about 3 years ago
metro.co.uk

Tom Daley celebrates Olympic glory by knitting a caddy for his gold medal

Adorable AND functional.

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | Marnie McBean and Kathleen Heddle were magic in a boat together for Canada at the Olympics

It’s been 25 years since the pair won their third gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics, and McBean fondly remembers her...

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about 3 years ago
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Stuart Pearce took Team GB team out of Olympic village for having too much sex

Team GB featured on the football pitch at London 2012 though Stuart Pearce's side could not earn a medal, beaten on a...

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about 3 years ago
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Woman 'catches date cheating' after he sends photo of him watching the Olympics

Megan-Marie exposed her Hinge date's apparent faux-pas in a TikTok video that has since been seen more than 3 million...

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about 3 years ago
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Tom Dean and Duncan Scott make Team GB Olympics history in 200m freestyle

Tom Dean and Duncan Scott finished in first and second respectively in the pool at the Tokyo Olympics with Fernando S...

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | Yes, the Tokyo Olympics could end up being the worst Games ever. It’ll probably come do...

Tokyo started from behind, Bruce Arthur writes. There’s a pandemic going on, and the Olympics aren’t built to operate...

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | Olympic notables: Maggie Mac Neil’s gold-medal swim was a sight for weak eyes

One viewer said “the most I’ve ever related to an Olympic gold medallist was watching her squint at the scores.”

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about 3 years ago
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Oldest and youngest Olympians from 72-year-old icon to 13-year-old gold medalist

After 13-year-old skateboarder Momiji Nishiya became Japan's youngest ever gold medalist - Daily Star Sport have deta...

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about 3 years ago
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Triathlon gold medal winner throws up after crossing line and needs wheelchair

Kristian Blummenfelt won Olympics gold in the men's triathlon with the Norwegian needing every ounce of energy to bea...

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | Olympic notables: Tunisian and Japanese swimmers inspire ... and sign up that basketbal...

Ahmed Hafnaoui became the second Tunisian swimmer ever to win gold, while Rikako Ikee has inspired a nation.

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about 3 years ago
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Canada’s first Tokyo Olympics medal is silver in women’s freestyle swimming relay

It was the country’s first podium finish at these long-awaited, no-expectations Tokyo Olympics, and perhaps a harbing...

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about 3 years ago
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Olympic notables: There’s nothing like a little “Schitt’s Creek” to remind you of home

Canadian athletes use the Rose family as an opening act for Tokyo’s opening ceremony.

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about 3 years ago
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The Tokyo Olympics welcome skateboarding’s wow factor, but the sport’s rising popularity is built...

The difficulty of the sport — people out there trying something that could them fall on their faces more times than t...

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about 3 years ago
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Simone Biles at Olympics 2021: How to watch her events, start times

Simone Biles is up for a total of six gold medals. Here's when and where you can watch her gymnastics events.

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about 3 years ago
thestar.com

Opinion | A one-and-done Olympics isn’t easy, especially during COVID-19. But hopefully it gets e...

The Tokyo Games haven’t been quite what Canadian swimmer Tess Cieplucha hoped for. She hasn’t seen the social life in...

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about 3 years ago
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Canadian Kayla Alexander embraces Olympic basketball challenge after painful journey: ‘Sports are...

The 30-year-old from Milton, Ont., is seen as a key piece of the puzzle for the Canadians, who open the Tokyo Olympic...

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | Welcome to these Tokyo Olympics, where the IOC hopes you might follow the rules

You’re supposed to wear a mask everywhere, but the only problem with the IOC playbook beyond its lack of virology log...

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about 3 years ago
metro.co.uk

Sam Quek mortified as Team GB boss suggests she misbehaved in Olympic village

Sam is happily married.

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about 3 years ago
scotsman.com

David Wilkie on Olympic glory, his ‘pal’ Elton John, blaming Warrender for losing his hair and Du...

Because so much sport now seems to commence at primetime for TV, it’s politics nerds who get to boast about going all...

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