Instances of coronavirus linked to the Games come as Japan is reporting record numbers of infections.
Tag: Olympic Games (2020)
Your Monday Briefing
The Taliban take Afghanistan.
Some Olympians Returning to Australia Have to Double Quarantine
Sixteen athletes traveling to the state of South Australia must spend 28 days in quarantine. The country’s Olympic committee called the requirement “cruel.”
Your Monday Briefing
The Taliban take three more cities.
Olympics End as They Began: Strangely
The 32nd Summer Olympics came to a close in Tokyo. “We did it — together!” the president of the International Olympic Committee said, to lukewarm applause.
Can the Olympics Take the Heat?
Plus: squirrel acrobats, gecko navigators, hair thieves and other natural overachievers in the Friday edition of the Science Times newsletter.
In Qatar, the Olympic Team (Like Much Else) Is Mostly Imported
The small Gulf country, most of whose residents are foreign workers, has looked beyond its borders for athletes, too.
Two Belarus Coaches Expelled From Tokyo Olympics
The International Olympic Committee said it had expelled the coaches who were involved in the attempt to force the runner home against her will.
Belarus Sprinter’s Defection Sheds Light on Dictator’s Control
Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, and authoritarian leaders before him, have used sports as a propaganda tool. But defections have had a long history of puncturing their aura of invincibility.
Second Best in the World at the Tokyo Olympics, but Still Saying Sorry
At the Tokyo Olympics, Japanese athletes who fell short of gold have apologized profusely — sometimes, even after winning silver.