“If I catch Covid, I will recover. If I win a gold medal, I’ll be an Olympic champion for life”. Grenadian javelin thrower and first-time Olympian Anderson Peters, interviewed on Jamaican channel SportsMax about going to the Tokyo Olympics. The Games start in 24 days.
Covid-19 has been resurgent in parts...
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach is set to visit Hiroshima on July 16 as part of efforts to promote peace ahead of the contentious staging of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
The European football championships are producing some compelling games. And once more this week, I’m moved to use them as another point of reference as the Tokyo Olympics get closer.
The games on Monday, got me thinking about what Keshorn Walcott could do in Japan. But more of him later.
Back to Monday...
First Lady Jill Biden is expected to represent the United States at the Opening Ceremony of the rearranged Olympic Games in Tokyo next month, it has been reported.
Former Olympic ice hockey gold medallist and International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Angela Ruggiero believes more research should be done into how athletes feel about protests being allowed upon the podium.
FEATURING A SERIES OF ART INSTALLATIONS, EXHIBITIONS AND DIGITAL PROGRAMMES CELEBRATING OLYMPISM, THE FIRST-EVER OLYMPIC AGORA WILL COMMEMORATE THE CULTURAL ASPECT OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES TOKYO 2020. THE PROGRAMME WILL FEATURE A SITE-SPECIFIC LEGACY SCULPTURE BY FRENCH ARTIST XAVIER VEILHAN, A PHOTOGRAPHY INSTALLATION BY JAPANESE ARTIST RINKO KAWAUCHI AND MULTIMEDIA INSTALLATIONS BY JAPANESE ARTIST MAKOTO TOJIKI AND CANADIAN STUDIO MOMENT FACTORY.
