Lamont Marcell Jacobs, a mixed-race Italian athlete, was not well known heading into the Olympics but he emerged as the world’s top sprinter, with two gold medals.
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Your Monday Briefing
Thailand protests Covid-19 failures.
A Swimmer’s Journey From Afghanistan to Refugee Camps to the Paralympics
Abbas Karimi, who was born without arms, eventually made it to the U.S. and realized his dream of competing internationally.
Your Monday Briefing
The Taliban take three more cities.
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.
Outside the Olympic Cocoon, a Tokyo Abuzz Only With Cicadas
The sequestered Games have left the host city feeling like anything but.
Belarusian Sprinter Who Feared for Her Safety Is Offered Asylum in Poland
Kristina Timanovskaya sought help at a Tokyo airport as her country tried to forcibly send her home from the Olympics.
Russia Scoffs at Olympic Ban: ‘Let Them Listen to Classical Music’
Sports fans and officials in the country have no trouble seeing through the thin fiction of a doping-related ban on their national symbols at the Tokyo Olympics.
Russia Scoffs at Tokyo Olympics Ban: ‘Let Them Listen to Classical Music’
Sports fans and officials in the country have no trouble seeing through the thin fiction of a doping-related ban on their national symbols at the Tokyo Olympics.
As Covid Cases Hit Record High in Tokyo, Can the Olympic Bubble Hold?
With the Games approaching their midway point, promises of a “safe and secure” event are being put to the test.