Merk: Olimpiese Spele
Met 100 days until the Tokyo Olympics, Japan has vaccinated less than 1% of its population. That’s a problem
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Tokyo When 2020 Tokyo Olympics volunteers have in recent weeks asked officials how they'll be protected from Covid-19, given the foreign athletes pouring into Japan for the event and the country's low vaccination rat...
China warns Washington not to boycott Winter Olympics
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A Foreign Ministry spokesperson rejected accusations of abuses against ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region. He warned of an unspecified "robust Chinese response" to a potential Olympics boycott. CLICK HERE FOR M...
‘I felt my body was still capable’: Meet the moms hoping to shine at the Olympics
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With Team USA's Olympic trials around the corner, 100-meter hurdler Dawn Harper-Nelson has enlisted the help of a new assistant coach -- although not the kind you might expect. Like other coaches, the new recruit wi...
Lindsey Vonn recalls struggling with her body image after winning the Olympics: ‘I had a really hard time’
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Op Dinsdag, the retired skier appeared on TB12’s The Keep Going Podcast where she got candid about her body image struggles, which began after winning gold at the Olympics in 2010. "While it may seem like I’ve always...
North Korea says it won’t participate in Tokyo Olympics
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A website run by North Korea’s Sports Ministry said its national Olympic Committee during a meeting on March 25 decided not to participate in the Games to protect athletes from the "world public health crisis caused ...
Leukemia survivor Rikako Ikee defies odds by securing Olympics berth
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Japanese swimming star Rikako Ikee defied the odds and secured an Olympics berth after the leukemia survivor won the women's 100-meter butterfly at the national championships on Sunday, less than eight months after s...
Could North and South Korea joint host the 2032 Olimpiese Spele?
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Could there be the unlikeliest of joint hosts for the 2032 Olympics Games? Hosting duties for the Games could be shared between North and South Korea, after the South Korean capital sent proposals to the Internation...
Die kreatiewe hoof van die Olimpiese Spele in Tokio bedank weens neerhalende opmerking
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Hiroshi Sasaki, skeppingshoof van Tokio Olimpiese Spele, het gesê dat hy bedank het nadat hy 'n neerhalende opmerking oor 'n gewilde Japannese entertainer gelewer het., in die jongste kontroversie oor ongevoelige opmerkings teenoor vroue aan ...
How Sandi Morris and Tyrone Smith navigated the ‘purgatory’ of a postponed Olympics
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When your career highs come around only once every four years, the prospect of putting your aspirations on hold can be difficult to stomach. It's a reality that all athletes hopeful of competing at the Olympics w...
Waarom Japan so lank geneem het om met Covid-19 inentings te begin, selfs met die Olimpiese Spele wat dreig
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Tokio Met die Olimpiese spele wat in Julie in Tokio begin, Japan het alle rede gehad om vinnig te beweeg om 'n Covid-19-entstof goed te keur en met inentings te begin. Maar die land het sy bevolking van slegs begin ent 126...
Don’t be silent: How a 22-year-old woman helped bring down the Tokyo Olympics chief
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When a 22-year-old Japanese college student launched an online campaign against the powerful Tokyo Olympics chief and the sexist remarks he made, she was not sure it would go very far. But in less than two weeks, Mom...
Winter Olympics: A year before the Beijing Games, meer as 180 campaign groups are calling for a diplomatic boycott
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A letter signed by more than 180 campaign groups calling for a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing warns the Games could "embolden" human rights abuses in China. The letter was put forward by "...
Top Tokyo Olympics organizing official apologizes for sexist remarks that women talk too much in meetings
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Tokyo Yoshiro Mori, the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, apologized Thursday after comments he made suggesting women talk too much during meetings were leaked to the Japanese media. Mori, n vorm ...
Japan determined to hold Tokyo Olympics say organizers despite cancellation rumors
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Tokyo The Japanese government is determined that the Tokyo Olympics will go ahead, organizers said Friday, following an unconfirmed report that a cancellation of the Games might be imminent. Op Vrydag, the Times of ...
Gevra hoe skoon hy dink die Olimpiese Spele volgende jaar sal wees, Michael Phelps sê 'vier of vyf’ uit 10
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Michael Phelps, wat as die mees versierde Olimpiër in die geskiedenis in 2016, hou nie veel hoop in vir 'n skoon Olimpiese Spele in Tokio volgende jaar nie. Gevra hoe skoon hy dink die Spele sal die 23-keer Olym wees..
UK beskuldig die Russiese intelligensie-agentskap van inbraak 2020 Olimpiese Spele
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Die Britse regering het die GRU beskuldig, Rusland se militêre inligtingsdiens, van kuberaanvalle op amptenare en organisasies wat betrokke is by die beplanning van die 2020 Olimpiese Spele. Die Verenigde Koninkryk beskuldig die GRU van tarief..