Tag: Japan Olympic Team
With muted ceremony and empty stadium, Tokyo Olympics begin
TOKYO — Belated and beleaguered, the virus-delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics finally opened Friday night with a dazzling display of fireworks and soaring, made-for-TV choreography...
US women’s volleyball team’s quest for gold began in Rio
TOKYO — For the U.S. women’s volleyball team, the road to this Olympics and a quest for the country’s first gold medal in the...
US water polo captain Jesse Smith misses opening ceremony
TOKYO — U.S. men's water polo captain Jesse Smith missed the opening ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics on Friday after the USOPC limited how...
Bring the pain: Olympic swimming begins with grueling 400 IM
TOKYO — Chase Kalisz knows what’s coming: Pain, and lots of it in the 400-meter individual medley that gets swimming underway at the Tokyo...
With muted ceremony and empty stadium, Tokyo Olympics begin
TOKYO — Belated and beleaguered, the virus-delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics finally opened Friday night with cascading fireworks and made-for-TV choreography that unfolded in a...
Japan’s judoka stars look to calm nation’s Olympic angst
TOKYO — The first day of full competition of the Tokyo Games could mark the turning point for an uneasy Japanese public that overwhelmingly...
Olympic Games, Tokyo-style: The pandemic era, in miniature
TOKYO — Ghostly airports, devoid of bustle. Cavernous arenas where no crowds will roar. Stringent rules that are spottily enforced — and spottily ignored....
‘The greatest honor’: Osaka lights Olympic cauldron
TOKYO — What a moment for Naomi Osaka. For the new Japan. For racial injustice. For female athletes. For tennis.
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The Latest: Pita’s back in the Olympics, shirtless again
The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic:
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‘The greatest honor’: Osaka lights Olympic cauldron
TOKYO — What a moment for Naomi Osaka. For the new Japan. For racial injustice. For female athletes. For tennis.
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