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Tokyo Olympics

Looking at Tokyo Olympics through the lens of the 1964 Games

TOKYO (AP) — Just 19 years after devastating defeat in World War II, the 1964 Tokyo Olympics showcased the reemergence of an innovative country that was showing off bullet trains, miniature transistor radios, and a restored reputation. Japan's resiliency is on display again, attempting to ...

Gold medal v. golden arches: Olympian’s hopes nearly quashed

TOKYO (AP) — When the nerve pain in his arm from shooting arrows became too much to handle, and when a positive doping test threatened to end his career, Brady Ellison started thinking about his next chapter. The Olympic archer grabbed applications at McDonald's, and Walmart — also at a ...

Olympic cycling road races are studies in contrast

TOKYO (AP) — The men's and women's Olympic road races that begin the cycling program at the Tokyo Games this weekend are similar only in their start amid the forests of Musashinonomori Park and their finish line at Fuji International Speedway. After identical stretches through the outskirts ...

EXPLAINER: Why Japan ‘rising sun’ flag provokes Olympic ire

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Japan considers the "rising sun" flag part of its history. But some in the Koreas, China and other Asian countries say the flag is a reminder of Japan's wartime atrocities, and is comparable to the Nazi swastika. That's why the flag has created anger at the ...

Guinea reverses decision to pull out of Tokyo Olympics

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — The West African country of Guinea has reversed an earlier decision to pull out of the Olympics and will send a delegation of five athletes to the Tokyo Games. Minister of Sports Sanoussy Bantama Sow made the announcement Thursday after national and international ...

US volleyball star back for 3rd Olympics after giving birth

TOKYO (AP) — A third trip to the Olympics was far from a sure thing for U.S. volleyball star Foluke Akinradewo Gunderson when she gave birth to her son in November 2019. A challenging pregnancy that robbed her of most of her core strength left her questioning whether she could get back to ...