Live updates: Tokyo Olympics, July 24 – Kiwi cyclist George Bennett takes on Mt Fuji, rowing eights & pairs face heats https://t.co/9LzSbbJcjm pic.twitter.com/Uxb6gze7fk
— Newshub Sport (@NewshubSport) July 24, 2021
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Do you think you know your badminton from your pentathlon and your trampoline gymnastics from your taekwondo? Take our bumper quiz on all things Olympics, and find out if you're Usain Bolt or Eric the Eel. https://t.co/gNwDlaC6pa pic.twitter.com/CIPAXNrAxu
— nzherald (@nzherald) July 24, 2021
#LIVE The 2020 Tokyo Olympics officially began last night, and now it ramps up. https://t.co/uWBMX87Xth pic.twitter.com/39945Xd3fF
— nzherald (@nzherald) July 24, 2021
A broadcast network has been forced to apologise after using "totally inappropriate" graphics during the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony. https://t.co/IpCBsClXHu pic.twitter.com/987PWWgus1
— nzherald (@nzherald) July 24, 2021
Damien Venuto: The Olympics, America's Cup and why fans don't matter anymore #HeraldPremium https://t.co/iOsZpKoGBi
— NZ Herald Business (@nzheraldbiz) July 22, 2021
Tokyo Olympics: Approaching typhoon threatens to throw Games schedule into chaos https://t.co/QOIGdv7jaz pic.twitter.com/H4q7p1hiIq
— Stuff (@NZStuff) July 24, 2021
Who will win gold for best dressed at the Olympics Opening Ceremony? https://t.co/qzOvnL3lNf pic.twitter.com/bPZTB2WVFK
— Stuff (@NZStuff) July 24, 2021
Tokyo Olympics: Masks, a mini Mt Fuji, no crowd – sombre celebration at opening ceremony https://t.co/J23mWK9tdQ pic.twitter.com/3B6kQu5lgS
— Stuff (@NZStuff) July 23, 2021
LIVE | #TokyoOlympics opening ceremony under way, Le Clos, Mbande to fly SA flag high | @Sport24news https://t.co/Y4nfw0oxzR
— News24 (@News24) July 23, 2021
Hundred and eighty one South African athletes were part of the ceremony to officially open the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. https://t.co/fDU9GS7uJV #SABCNews #Tokyo2020 #Olympics pic.twitter.com/sdoNpf9KCM
— SABC News (@SABCNews) July 23, 2021
Five medals! That is the haul Team SA should achieve at the Tokyo Olympics‚ which kick off in earnest on Saturday. https://t.co/1Zwz7ZJ4a6
— Times LIVE (@TimesLIVE) July 23, 2021
Israeli Olympic team members killed by Palestinian gunmen at the 1972 Munich Olympics were remembered during the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony on Friday with a moment of silence, the first time in 49 years. https://t.co/AYuIn8x3ZI
— Times LIVE (@TimesLIVE) July 23, 2021
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#Israeli Olympic team members killed by Palestinian gunmen at the 1972 #MunichOlympics are remembered during the #TokyoOlympics opening ceremony with a moment of silence.https://t.co/5sjP4T60RO
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) July 24, 2021
Watch: The sky over the National Stadium in #Tokyo exploded in indigo and white as fireworks marked the start of the opening ceremony for the #Olympics, celebrating the world’s best athletes set to compete amid the #COVID19 pandemic.https://t.co/OUMwZwGqyx pic.twitter.com/Hasj11n9ab
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) July 23, 2021
COVID is still creating unique challenges for women and mothers – the Olympics edition: https://t.co/amFPiGrhn4
— Eve Young (@EveBelleYoung) July 24, 2021
At the Olympics #OpeningCeremony, athletes stepped into the world of Japanese comics and graphic novels as the country name placards and assistants’ costumes referenced manga in their design. (Resends to correct spelling of "manga.") https://t.co/rHtsJlwSpF
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 24, 2021
The #TokyoOlympics are underway. Here's a look inside the #OpeningCeremony from The @APhttps://t.co/niLaFrzWnE
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 23, 2021
The 2020 Olympics kicked off in Tokyo Friday night with the #OpeningCeremony, where athletes paraded in to an empty stadium to the video game music and stars sang a rendition of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “Imagine.” https://t.co/6xHSVS2nL2
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 23, 2021
The 1964 Tokyo Olympics showcased the reemergence of an innovative country 19 years after World War II. In 2021, Japan’s resiliency is on display again, as the country stages the postponed Tokyo Olympics during a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic.
https://t.co/339xib0MWl— The Associated Press (@AP) July 23, 2021
Check out @AP’s Olympics hub for more #TokyoOlympics coverage, including photos throughout the games.https://t.co/ODx64DAwmW
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 23, 2021
Like so many #Olympics, the 2020 Tokyo Games reflect the world in which they are taking place. This year, that means the Games are a microcosm of the pandemic and all of its challenges, fears and irritations. https://t.co/oHVeAEYXvc
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 23, 2021
When Naomi Osaka lit the Olympic cauldron, she became the first tennis player and one of the few active athletes to be given the honor of completing the global torch relay. https://t.co/awOwPcYqfW
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 23, 2021
WHAT TO WATCH: The first medal of #Tokyo2020 will go to the winner of the women's 10-meter air rifle. More will be handed out in archery, cycling, fencing, judo, taekwondo and weightlifting. And watch the debut of 3×3 basketball. https://t.co/jaD7nL88w5 https://t.co/0tZwdwLlPx
— AP Sports (@AP_Sports) July 24, 2021
#Tokyo2020 will be the very first time in #Olympic history that the cauldron will be powered by hydrogen. https://t.co/RFfs5e33VJ
— AP Sports (@AP_Sports) July 23, 2021
At least 100 US Olympic athletes are unvaccinated as 2020 games begin https://t.co/KkVshMmeOO pic.twitter.com/XxKdvpFLvB
— The Hill (@thehill) July 24, 2021
US women's soccer team hosts its own Olympics opening ceremony https://t.co/fSjCvzqB8Z pic.twitter.com/qM5rEaz6EK
— The Hill (@thehill) July 24, 2021
Osaka bursts with youthful energy. For the design-savvy, the first W Hotel in Japan opened in Osaka this year. Another much lauded (and colorful) opening: the world’s first Super Nintendo World, an addition to Universal Studios Japan https://t.co/59wA2VR66U
— TIME (@TIME) July 24, 2021
The Tokyo Olympics are happening alongside Covid and social justice fights. Here are a few potential disruptions to watch out for. https://t.co/ozhKnZpX4D
— POLITICO (@politico) July 23, 2021
Can any motive justify spectacle when it comes with a potential human cost? Not even the Tokyo Olympics seem certain. @skornhaber on the often-solemn Opening Ceremony: https://t.co/ExzSeKYrXj
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) July 24, 2021
On this week’s “Politics and More” podcast, Angela Ruggiero, an Olympic gold medallist and a former member of the International Olympic Committee, discusses the merits of holding the Games in Tokyo. https://t.co/fllmzgYjkX
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) July 23, 2021
Olympian TikTokkers are freestyling, shimmying, and investigating those anti-sex beds. https://t.co/ZOifAs4kPL
— Slate (@Slate) July 23, 2021
Dozens Of Athletes Incinerated After Being Attracted To Sight Of Glowing Olympic Flame https://t.co/eeLGIim9ph pic.twitter.com/wlQ5Joe5nA
— The Onion (@TheOnion) July 24, 2021
The superspreader Olympics that no one wants debuted to an empty stadium on Friday morning. What are we even doing here?@kpfallon asks https://t.co/YzAFbe6pqE
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 23, 2021
There's reason for Olympic cynicism. The opening ceremony was a much-needed cure https://t.co/NeKE34mbqI
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) July 24, 2021
Rui Hachimura was a flag bearer for #Japan last night. Naomi Osaka lit the #Olympic torch. Diverse faces are representing Japan, but does it reflect real change? Really good story by @vicjkim and @hanakolowry: https://t.co/771qKx0wOo
— Dylan Hernandez (@dylanohernandez) July 24, 2021
The virus-delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics finally opened Friday with cascading fireworks and made-for-TV choreography that unfolded in a near-empty stadium. https://t.co/8yfUjXXIGT
— The Seattle Times (@seattletimes) July 23, 2021
Kiszla: Like thunder rolling in the distance, there was a low rumble audible inside the stadium, on a Friday night when the Olympics held a moment of silence for the more than 4 million killed by a worldwide pandemic. https://t.co/oMZ3cfg58K
— The Denver Post (@denverpost) July 24, 2021
Tokyo is welcoming and wary as the Olympic Games finally begin. https://t.co/9ZXq8OZ1jU
— Star Tribune (@StarTribune) July 23, 2021
Tuning into the Olympics this weekend? NBC's prime-time coverage will be produced by a man with deep St. Louis ties. https://t.co/Mo46cOCxip
— St. Louis Post-Dispatch (@stltoday) July 24, 2021
With ambition and reality in conflict, Tokyo Games off to subdued start https://t.co/ytrctommaG
— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) July 23, 2021
Tokyo Olympics preview: storylines, USA and South Florida athletes to watch, TV guidehttps://t.co/nGUJwg2Gsm @MiamiHerald @HeraldSports @TeamUSA #TokyoOlympics #TeamUSA
— Michelle Kaufman (@kaufsports) July 22, 2021
Here is a rundown of the Olympians with ties to Vanderbilt.
— Tennessean (@Tennessean) July 23, 2021
NBC Olympics TV and streaming schedule for July 24 https://t.co/S6oiyqt6r3
— The Philadelphia Inquirer (@PhillyInquirer) July 23, 2021
Why some American athletes can compete for other countries in the Olympics https://t.co/KcKkgxzZeN
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) July 23, 2021
Follow the latest action from the Tokyo Olympics https://t.co/NGIS3c8gDk
— Bloomberg (@business) July 24, 2021
China lashed out at NBCUniversal for displaying an “incomplete” map of the country during its broadcast of the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony when Chinese athletes appeared https://t.co/vYQpUfeetv
— Bloomberg (@business) July 24, 2021
The Tokyo Olympics, already struggling with an outbreak of Covid-19 among athletes, may face another kind of disaster next week — a tropical storm https://t.co/P4NoWphG27
— Bloomberg (@business) July 23, 2021
Russia is banned from the Games, but its athletes are competing as ROC—and fighting to maintain their identities. #Tokyo2020 https://t.co/9xwnkHgU9H
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) July 24, 2021
As the Tokyo Olympics gets underway, help stave off FOMO by trying one of these six outdoor adventures inspired by the Games, from heli-skiing in Alaska to skateboarding in Southern California https://t.co/lrkQ5avDyN
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) July 24, 2021
From @WSJopinion: Japan has built a massive, confusing Olympic bureaucracy to make up for its failure to vaccinate its population, writes Jonathan Kolatch https://t.co/kOCCEBPOdW
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) July 24, 2021
Few people were there to witness the #Tokyo2020 opening ceremony. But New York Times photographers were. Here's what they saw. https://t.co/e0rT3Fp3dw pic.twitter.com/ysRyAtGfo4
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 24, 2021
This giant rotating Earth — made of drones — appeared above Olympic Stadium at the #Tokyo2020 opening ceremony as John Lennon’s “Imagine” played. https://t.co/7KVwBWbR7b pic.twitter.com/7KfcNXbFwg
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 24, 2021
The first country to enter the Olympic Stadium for the opening ceremony is always Greece, because the ancient Games originated there back in 776 B.C.
Here's how the rest of the order is determined. https://t.co/6Dp8eFxS2E
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 24, 2021
The opening ceremony of the #Tokyo2020 Olympics unfolded in subdued fashion on Friday night inside a nearly empty Tokyo stadium, inaugurating a Games delayed by a year and diminished in atmosphere by a tenacious pandemic. https://t.co/Sxibo6HAjg
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 23, 2021
10,400 people filled an Olympic stadium designed for 68,000 at the #OpeningCeremony in Tokyo, organizers announced. https://t.co/HncUGGMPMr
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 23, 2021
Jill Biden cheered on American athletes at the #OpeningCeremony in Tokyo as part of a small presidential delegation.
“You bring us together in a way that little else can,” the first lady told Team USA in an open letter.https://t.co/ednduOwOvl
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 23, 2021
After the Japanese national anthem was sung at the #Tokyo2020 Olympic Opening Ceremony, a moment of silence was called to remember the global victims of the Covid-19 pandemic. https://t.co/tepA7fiC3p
— CNN International (@cnni) July 23, 2021
The 32nd summer Olympics officially began in Tokyo tonight where the stands were mostly empty in a city with a worsening COVID emergency. pic.twitter.com/vTSGYohH8p
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) July 23, 2021
Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony https://t.co/0ydPHRF4Ux
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 23, 2021
About 100 of the 613 U.S. athletes descending on Tokyo for the Olympics are unvaccinated, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee's medical chief says. https://t.co/Js4xlgKpG2 #Tokyo2020
— ABC News (@ABC) July 23, 2021
"Here is a vision for the future, one that embodies unity in diversity, one of peace and respect for one another." https://t.co/uStN5mtsuL #Tokyo2020 #openingceremony
— ABC News (@ABC) July 23, 2021
Here are some of the #TokyoOlympics Opening Ceremony's biggest moments https://t.co/CUotr5cjmn
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 24, 2021
Algerian quits Olympics rather than take on Israeli in judo match. https://t.co/4dZfPnC6HN
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 24, 2021
Here are 11 not-to-be-missed moments from the #TokyoOlympics opening ceremony – @TodayShowhttps://t.co/7wmrUD3zQl
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 24, 2021
About 100 U.S. athletes in Tokyo are unvaccinated as the Olympics begins, the team’s top doctor reveals. https://t.co/wk0A91O3Ps
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 23, 2021
LET THE GAMES BEGIN! #TokyoOlympics pic.twitter.com/SvJF4uYNig
— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) July 24, 2021
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It’s finally time to present: TEAM USA!@TheRock gets us HYPED by introducing @TeamUSA like only he can. #TokyoOlympics pic.twitter.com/gRHkn3ad1I
— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) July 24, 2021
The IOC Refugee Olympic Team has arrived.
The team consists of 29 athletes from 11 different nations and will compete in 12 sports.#TokyoOlympics x #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/W3kdvX4X6x
— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) July 24, 2021
https://twitter.com/NBCOlympics/status/1418732567101153287
Skateboarding, sport climbing, surfing, karate and BMX will make their debut at the #TokyoOlympics with baseball and softball making a one-time return. https://t.co/X7nolZCOlu pic.twitter.com/SkulRXrRBM
— NBC DFW (@NBCDFW) July 22, 2021
https://twitter.com/NBCDFW/status/1418137121106415617
See which #Olympians have tested positive for #COVID: Full List | https://t.co/2EijBC2wm9 #TokyoOlympics
— NBC DFW (@NBCDFW) July 21, 2021
The International Olympic Committee amended its motto to include the word "Together." https://t.co/DKq9eeTKaw
— NBC DFW (@NBCDFW) July 21, 2021
The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee fired the director of the opening ceremony on Thursday because of a Holocaust joke he made during a comedy show in 1998. https://t.co/ESDfynk3zc
— ABC13 Houston (@abc13houston) July 22, 2021
COVID-19 AT OLYMPICS: The South African Football Association later confirmed there were three cases in its delegation – two players and a video analyst. https://t.co/tgNNTHqPEg
— ABC11 EyewitnessNews (@ABC11_WTVD) July 18, 2021
#UPDATE Japanese authorities are searching for Ugandan weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko, after he went missing just a week before the Tokyo Olympics, which have sparked public opposition over their coronavirus riskshttps://t.co/tO2upfUp5w pic.twitter.com/faeHQH57FW
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) July 16, 2021
▶️ Japan's bike samurais gear up for Olympics https://t.co/SA8hcUbiuD pic.twitter.com/og8UORidHo
— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) July 16, 2021
Skateboarding makes its Olympic debut in #Tokyo2020 with the blessing of one of the sport's Godfathers, Tony Hawk https://t.co/01vK6QInyd pic.twitter.com/2Uw5p0GtbF
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 16, 2021
Giant floating head appears over Tokyo pic.twitter.com/KRWuYU1u4C
— The Sun (@TheSun) July 17, 2021
Tokyo 2020: Olympic skateboarder Sky Brown has the world at her feet – aged just 13 she is set to make history https://t.co/QlE9qAbqiX
— Sky News (@SkyNews) July 17, 2021
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