the 2020 Olympics
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‘As You Come Around, You See A Big Guy’s A**’: Olympic Horses Get Scared At ‘Very Realistic’ Sumo Wrestler Statue
Riders competing at the Tokyo Olympics say a life-size statue of a sumo wrestler might have spooked their horses during…
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‘I Was Just Afraid For My Life’: Belarusian Athlete Receives Visa From Poland After Refusing To Fly Home From Olympics
A Belarusian Olympic athlete who refused to fly home on Sunday said that she would never return to her native…
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Olympic Athlete Takes Shelter In Polish Embassy To Avoid Returning Home
A Belarusian athlete refused to return to her home Sunday and has sought asylum in Poland, multiple sources reported. Krystsina…
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Opinion
The Essence of Competition meets the Essence of Communism
The 2021 Olympic Games have been the most “woke” games ever. They have also had dismal ratings. Is it a…
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COVID-19 Cases Reach Record High In Tokyo
Tokyo saw its highest number of new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, just five days after the start of the Olympic Games,…
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‘Sports Appeal, Not Sex Appeal’: Olympic Broadcasters To Stop Showing Sexual Images Of Female Athletes
Olympic broadcasters are trying to stop showing sexualized images of female athletes, the Associated Press reported Monday. “Sport appeal, not…
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Olympics To Include Athletes Kneeling In Highlights
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced Thursday that it will include images of players taking a knee in highlights and…
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Olympic Opening Ceremony Director Fired For Holocaust Joke
The director of the Olympic opening ceremony was fired on Thursday over a joke he made about the holocaust over…
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More Companies Plan To Skip Olympic Opening Ceremony Amid Growing COVID Cases
More Japanese companies have decided to skip the Olympic opening ceremony Friday as concerns on whether to hold the Games…
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Olympian Who Ran Away, Didn’t Want To Go Back To His Own Country Found In Japan
A Ugandan athlete who went missing Friday was found by Japanese police on Tuesday, officials said. Julius Ssekitoleko, 20, left…
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Toyota Pulls All Olympic TV Ads Amid Public Frustration With The Games
Toyota announced Monday that it pulled all Olympic-related advertisements on Japanese television during the Games as a result of increasing…
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Police Searching For Missing Athlete Around Olympic Training Camp
A Ugandan Olympic athlete was reported missing from his hotel on Friday, according to government officials, The New York Times…
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Tokyo Sees 6 Month High In COVID Cases One Week Before Olympics |
Tokyo saw its highest number of coronavirus cases in six months on Thursday, just eight days before the Summer Olympics,…
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Japan Considers Banning Spectators At Olympics To Avoid Coronavirus Spread
The Japanese government has considered banning all spectators at the 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympics as COVID-19 cases have surged, according…
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Biden To Skip Tokyo Olympics
President Joe Biden will not travel to Tokyo for the 2021 Summer Olympics, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said…
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