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Multi-sport event in Tokyo, Japan

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2020 Summer Olympics: Multi-sport event in Tokyo, Japan
The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXII Olympiad and officially branded as Tokyo 2020, were an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July 2021. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 7 September 2013.

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Emotional Craig and Grant reflect on gold medal journey

emotional craig and grant reflect on gold medal journey
Great Britain's gold medallists in the lightweight women's double sculls Emily Craig and Imogen Grant tell BBC Sport what the journey from missing out on a medal in Tokyo 2020 has meant to them.
BBC Sport - Published

Super swimming & shared gold: Best moments from Tokyo 2020

super swimming & shared gold: best moments from tokyo 2020
Watch the best moments from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, featuring Adam Peaty, Tom Daley and a shared gold in the high jump.
BBC Sport - Published

Wada launches independent review into failed tests

The World Anti-Doping Agency launches an independent review after 23 Chinese swimmers were cleared to compete at Tokyo 2020 despite failing drug tests.
BBC Sport - Published

Peaty calls for greater anti-doping transparency

Olympic champion Adam Peaty calls for greater anti-doping transparency in sport after it emerged 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned substance before the Tokyo 2020 Games.
BBC Sport - Published

Seven-time Olympic medallist Simone Biles makes return to gymnastics

seven-time olympic medallist simone biles makes return to gymnastics
Olympic champion Simone Biles is set to make a comeback to gymnastics after bowing out of multiple events at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to focus on her mental health.
Sky News - Published

Olympic sailing gold medallist McIntyre retires

olympic sailing gold medallist mcintyre retires
Great Britain's Eilidh McIntyre - Olympic gold medallist at Tokyo 2020 - retires from professional sailing.
BBC Sport - Published

British skateboarder becomes world champion at the age of 14

british skateboarder becomes world champion at the age of 14
British skateboarder Sky Brown, who won a bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, has become a world champion at the age of 14.
Sky News - Published

LA Paralympic programme to retain same 22 sports

la paralympic programme to retain same 22 sports
The 2028 LA Paralympic Games will retain the same 22 sports as the rescheduled Tokyo Games and the 2024 Paris programme.
BBC Sport - Published

Belarus coach charged with harassing sprinter

belarus coach charged with harassing sprinter
A Belarus athletics coach who allegedly tried to force an athlete to fly home from the Tokyo Olympics is charged with improper conduct.
BBC Sport - Published

Sprinter Ross banned until 2025 for faking email

sprinter ross banned until 2025 for faking email
Randolph Ross, part of the United States' gold-winning 4x400m squad at the Tokyo Olympics, is banned for three years for faking an email to doping officials.
BBC Sport - Published

CJ Ujah: British sprinter banned for 22 months following failed drug test

British sprinter CJ Ujah is banned for 22 months after testing positive for two banned substances at the Tokyo Olympics.
BBC Sport - Published

Max Whitlock: Olympic champion felt like 'complete failure' after retirement thoughts

Three-time Olympic gold medallist Max Whitlock "felt like a complete failure" when he contemplated stepping away from the sport after the Tokyo Games.
BBC Sport - Published

Swimming cap for afro hair approved after it was banned at Tokyo Olympics

swimming cap for afro hair approved after it was banned at tokyo olympics
A ban on swimming caps designed to protect natural black hair has been lifted by the International Swimming Federation (FINA).
Sky News - Published

Diamond League: Dina Asher-Smith third on return since injury at Tokyo Olympics

Watch as Great Britain's Dina Asher-Smith finishes third in the 200m at the opening meeting of the Diamond League in Doha, Qatar as America's Gabrielle Thomas is first with Jamaica's Shericka Jackson..
BBC Sport - Published

Liz Kincaid: Gymnastics coach was pulled from Tokyo Olympics squad after serious allegations made

Liz Kincaid was pulled from Great Britain's gymnastics coaching squad just weeks before the Tokyo Olympics after a serious allegation was made against her.
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Eya Guezguez: Tunisian Olympic sailor dies aged 17 after training accident

Sailor Eya Guezguez, Tunisia's youngest competitor at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, dies aged 17 after a training accident on Sunday.
BBC Sport - Published

Dina Asher-Smith: British 100m record holder a ‘stronger athlete’ after Tokyo 2020 disappointment

Great Britain's Dina Asher-Smith says she is a 'stronger athlete' after Tokyo 2020 and will race over 100m at the Birmingham Diamond League.
BBC Sport - Published

CJ Ujah: Great Britain lose Tokyo Olympics relay medal after doping violation

Great Britain are stripped of the silver medal won in the 4x100 metre relay at the Tokyo Olympics because of CJ Ujah's doping violation.
BBC Sport - Published

Sports Personality 2021: Sky Brown wins Young SPOTY award

Skateboarder Sky Brown is named BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year 2021 after becoming Great Britain's youngest Olympic medallist at the Tokyo Games.
BBC Sport - Published

British Swimming gets £1.5m funding boost as UK Sport invests £11.2m

British Swimming receives a £1.5m funding increase from UK Sport after enjoying a record haul of eight medals at the Tokyo Olympics.
BBC Sport - Published

Olympian Agnes Tirop Found Stabbed To Death At 25

Agnes Tirop, an elite Kenyan long-distance runner who finished 4th at the Tokyo Olympics, was tragically found stabbed to death in her home, according to a Kenyan athletic commission. She was only 25..
TMZ.com - Published

Kenyan athletics star who set new world record last month found 'stabbed to death' at home

kenyan athletics star who set new world record last month found 'stabbed to death' at home
Kenyan runner and world record holder Agnes Tirop, who represented her country at the Tokyo Olympics, has been found dead at her home.
Sky News - Published

Elinor Barker: Olympic cyclist reveals she won Tokyo silver while expecting first child

Welsh cyclist Elinor Barker reveals she is expecting her first child and was pregnant when she won silver at the Tokyo Olympics.
BBC Sport - Published

London Marathon: Charlotte Purdue happy with personal best after Tokyo Olympics omission

Charlotte Purdue says she "definitely feels" she can put her Tokyo Olympics omission "behind me" after setting a personal best in the London Marathon.
BBC Sport - Published