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Elaine Thompson-Herah wins back-to-back Olympic 100m gold in Jamaican clean sweep
Elaine Thompson-Herah confirmed her status as the 100m queen winning her second consecutive Olympic gold medal in a Jamaican sweep of the podium at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium. The J...
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Laurie Hernandez previews the first apparatus finals in women's artistic gymnastics
The women's vault and uneven bars take place on Sunday 1st August (Japan ti...
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Switzerland's Belinda Bencic bags women's tennis singles gold
Belinda Bencic of Switzerland has won Olympic gold after beating Czech star...
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Podcast: Katherine Nye talks mental health and weightlifting
USA weightlifter Katherine Nye is a world champion. But her successful 2019...
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Alec Yoder: "You're not going to overlook me again"
This wasn’t a Hollywood blockbuster. As Alec Yoder drove from restaurants t...
News about Tokyo 2020 Games in 2021
How to watch Team USA athletes in action at Tokyo 2020 Olympics in the coming hours, including men's 100m final
Day nine of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, in 2021, is just getting underway...
Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Live Blog with men's 100m on Sunday after thrilling women's final
Get live updates of the Olympic action from the Tokyo 2020 Games in 2021, i...
Masters champion MATSUYAMA Hideki aims for Olympic podium
Following his historic Masters win earlier this year, Japan's MATSUYAMA Hid...
Who will succeed Usain Bolt as Olympic 100m champion?
A few seconds after 9.50pm local time (12:50 UTC) on Sunday (1 August), we ...
Kevin Durant becomes all-time USA men's points leader in win to seal quarter-final spot
Almost nine years to the day since Kevin Durant made his debut for Team USA...
Tokyo 2020 Badminton day 9: Women's singles gold, men's singles semi-finals
What's happening? The women's singles event takes centre stage, but the aft...
Gymnastics' apparatus finals, day 1: Four mouth-watering events on the first day apparatus finals
What’s happening? The top-8 gymnasts - with no more than two athletes per c...
Tokyo 2020 golf day 4: U.S. player Xander Schauffele leads field going into fourth and final round of the men's individual stroke play
What’s happening today? Day four of the golf competition sees the fourth an...
Martin and Roberts gold faves heading into final day of high-flying BMX Freestyle event
What’s happening? With the semifinal rounds done and dusted, the stage is n...
Tokyo 2020 diving day 7: SHI Tingmao and WANG Han tipped for gold in the 3m springboard final
What’s happening? Day seven of the diving competition sees the fifth medal ...
Artistic Gymnastics News
Gymnastics' apparatus finals, day 1: Four mouth-watering events on the first day apparatus finals
What’s happening? The top-8 gymnasts - with no more than two athletes per c...
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Laurie Hernandez previews the first apparatus finals in women's artistic gymnastics
The women's vault and uneven bars take place on Sunday 1st August (Japan ti...
Alec Yoder: "You're not going to overlook me again"
This wasn’t a Hollywood blockbuster. As Alec Yoder drove from restaurants t...
Simone Biles will not compete on the first day of apparatus finals
USA Gymnastics announced Saturday (31 July) that six-time Olympic medallist...
Suni Lee reveals future plans
Nothing could have prepared Suni Lee for her Olympic moment. In less than a...
Thrills, spills and huge surprises: Shocks on the menu at topsy-turvy Tokyo Games
These Games always had the potential to feel, let’s just say, a bit differe...
Simone Biles opens up about the twisties: "My mind and body are simply not in sync."
Simone Biles is setting the record straight, taking to her Instagram Friday...
Suni Lee keeps American all-around victory streak at Olympics intact
Suni Lee has kept the American streak alive. Coming into these Games, an Am...
Simone Biles: "I'm more than my accomplishments and gymnastics"
In the two days since six-time Olympic medallist Simone Biles withdrew from...
HASHIMOTO Daiki continues Japan's all-around reign at Tokyo 2020
HASHIMOTO Daiki is in good company. The 19-year-old Japanese extended his c...
What are the twisties?
"They saw it a little bit in practice.. having a little bit of the twisties...
Simone Biles withdraws from women's all-around final
USA Gymnastics confirmed to Tokyo 2020 that six-time Olympic medallist Simo...
Swimming News
How to watch Team USA athletes in action at Tokyo 2020 Olympics in the coming hours, including men's 100m final
Day nine of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, in 2021, is just getting underway...
Michael Phelps: “Don’t be afraid to dream as big as you possibly can"
Michael Phelps didn’t wake up one day with 28 Olympic medals, 23 of them go...
Great Britain break world record in inaugural swimming mixed 4x100m medley final
Great Britain swam to victory - and a new world record - in the debut Olymp...
Katie Ledecky wins 800m freestyle gold for the third time
For the fourth time in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, it was the USA’s Katie...
Australia's Kaylee McKeown wins women's 200m backstroke for second gold of the Games
Kaylee McKeown has won her second gold at Tokyo 2020 after storming home in...
Caeleb Dressel wins gold in 100m butterfly with world record time
Team USA’s Caeleb Dressel put on a dominant display as he swam to the 100m ...
How to watch Australian swimmers in action at Tokyo 2020 Olympics on 31 July
There are four swimming medal events on day eight of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic...
USA's Tokyo 2020 Olympics medal winners
Gold medallists: Lee Kiefer, fencing, women's foil individual William Shane...
Great Britain's Tokyo 2020 Olympics medal winners
Here's the full list of Great Britain's medallists at Tokyo 2020 Gold medal...
Australia's Tokyo 2020 Olympics medal winners
Here's the full list of Australia's medallists at Tokyo 2020 Gold medallist...
Latest News Videos
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Laurie Hernandez previews the first apparatus finals in women's artistic gymnastics
The women's vault and uneven bars take place on Sunday 1st August (Japan ti...
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Lisa Carrington: My definition of greatness
Unbeaten in the K1 200m since 2011, Kiwi kayaker Lisa Carrington is creatin...
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Why motherhood makes us better athletes
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New Zealand star Portia Woodman: This is my journey
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Momota Kento: It's redemption time
Two-time world champion Momota Kento has been on a road to redemption ever ...
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Simone Biles explains why she pulled out of team competition
The world's most dominant gymnast praised her team-mates for winning USA te...
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Katie Ledecky: Why I love training hard
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Hidilyn Diaz on why athletes' anxiety is high
Filipino Olympic weightlifting champion Hidilyn Diaz shares with us that th...
Latest Podcast Interviews
Listen now: Top interviews on daily Olympic Channel podcast from the Tokyo 2020 Games
Want to know how Simone Biles prepares for the Olympic gymnastics competiti...
World champ Joe Fraser opens up on the emotional journey gymnasts take that the younger generation don't always see
When Joe Fraser was 13 years old, he had the Olympic rings shaved into the ...
Katherine Nye opens up on training, living and competing with a mental health condition
The painful diagnosis changed everything for Katherine Nye. Everything. In ...
Paul Poirier, Kaitlyn Weaver and Jason Brown: Figure skaters celebrate pride with personal coming out stories
The posts appeared within hours of one another, but there was no coordinati...
Benjamin Azamati – Ghana’s new hope to be the fastest person on the planet
Benjamin Azamati of Ghana is one of Africa’s rising athletics stars in the ...
Sky Brown: Skateboarding star talks Tony Hawk and Olympics after 2020’s crash
Sky Brown is one of the most exciting personalities in skateboarding and wi...
Top Stories Refugee Olympic Team
Refugee Athletes are stronger together in judo's curtain-closing mixed team event
The Olympic Games are about much more than medals. One of the most upliftin...
IOC Refugee Olympic Team runner James Chiengjiek out after heartbreaking fall
There was devastation for IOC Refugee Olympic Team runner James Nyang Chien...
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In Conversation: Sanda and Raya
‘In Conversation’, a series of exclusive interviews bringing together membe...
IOC Refugee Athlete Javad Mahjoub stands tall at Tokyo 2020
"Judo is beautiful," is the simple philosophy of IOC Refugee Athlete Javad ...
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In Conversation: Alaa and Alphonso
‘In Conversation’, a series of exclusive interviews bringing together membe...
Nigara Shaheen: The Refugee Role Model who made it all the way to Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Nigara Shaheen made her Olympic debut at the Nippon Budokan on 28 July 2021...
Refugee cyclist Masomah Ali Zada makes memorable Olympic debut
It was an Olympic debut to remember for IOC Refugee Olympic Team athlete Ma...
Muna Dahouk makes Olympic bow for IOC Refugee Olympic Team
Judo has been a massive part of Muna Dahouk's life since she was six years ...
The inspirational Sanda Aldass: Refugee, mother of three, Olympian
Sanda Aldass is an inspiration. The 31-year-old is a mother of three, a Syr...
Ahmad Alikaj: From escaping a war to debuting at an Olympic Games
Ahmad Alikaj realised a lifelong dream today by stepping onto a judo mat at...
Refugee athlete Abdullah Sediqi makes proud Olympic bow
Abdullah Sediqi has lived his dream of competing in taekwondo at the Olympi...
"I don't just represent one country" - Aram Mahmoud makes Olympic debut
Aram Mahmoud has fulfilled his dream of becoming an Olympian. The Dutch-bas...
Wessam Salamana, IOC Refugee Olympic Team boxer, bows out in Tokyo 2020 opener
For the first time in nearly a decade, boxer Wessam Salamana was back at th...
Why Yusra Mardini's story should inspire the world
Olympic Opening Ceremonies are quite unlike anything else in the world. It ...
Luna Solomon: The refugee shooter taking aim at change for Tokyo 2020
No one knows better than Luna Solomon the transformative power of sport. Wh...
How to support the IOC Refugee Olympic Team members
When the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 officially open on 23 July 2021 at the To...
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Aker Al Obaidi: Every refugee should have a goal
Iraqi refugee wrestler Aker Al Obaidi fled war when he was 14 and found a n...
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Refugee athlete Jamal Abdelmaji Eisa: Running with a purpose
nspired by fellow refugee Lopez Lomong, IOC Refugee Olympic Team member Jam...
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Taekwondo medallist Kimia Alizadeh Zenozi gets another chance at Olympic glory
After winning bronze at Rio 2016, Kimia Alizadeh Zenozi left Iran in pursui...
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In Conversation: Anjelina & Nomzamo
As part of our series of exclusive interviews bringing together members of ...
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"Athletics changed my life" - Congo-born refugee athlete Dorian Keletela on his Olympic selection
Dorian Keletela found safety in Portugal as a refugee after fleeing Congo. ...
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Cyrille Tchatchet II: From suffering depression to becoming a mental health nurse
The hardship of being a refugee led IOC Refugee Olympic Team weightlifter C...
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In conversation: Yusra & Katie
On Olympic Day and one month from Tokyo 2020, we are launching ‘In Conversa...
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Meet the members of the IOC Refugee Olympic Team
The IOC Refugee Olympic Team for Tokyo2020 will feature 29 athletes across ...
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Refugee taekwondo athlete Dina Pouryounes: "Sport gave my life a goal"
After fleeing Iran in 2015, Dina Pouryounes relied on her passion for taekw...
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Sport became essential for refugee judoka Popole Misenga's well-being after fleeing his country
Refugee judoka Popole Misenga was one of the athletes of the first ever Ref...
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How to watch Team USA athletes in action at Tokyo 2020 Olympics in the coming hours, including men's 100m final
Day nine of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, in 2021, is just getting underway...
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Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Live Blog with men's 100m on Sunday after thrilling women's final
Get live updates of the Olympic action from the Tokyo 2020 Games in 2021, i...
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Masters champion MATSUYAMA Hideki aims for Olympic podium
Following his historic Masters win earlier this year, Japan's MATSUYAMA Hid...
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Who will succeed Usain Bolt as Olympic 100m champion?
A few seconds after 9.50pm local time (12:50 UTC) on Sunday (1 August), we ...
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Kevin Durant becomes all-time USA men's points leader in win to seal quarter-final spot
Almost nine years to the day since Kevin Durant made his debut for Team USA...
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Tokyo 2020 Badminton day 9: Women's singles gold, men's singles semi-finals
What's happening? The women's singles event takes centre stage, but the aft...
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Gymnastics' apparatus finals, day 1: Four mouth-watering events on the first day apparatus finals
What’s happening? The top-8 gymnasts - with no more than two athletes per c...
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Tokyo 2020 golf day 4: U.S. player Xander Schauffele leads field going into fourth and final round of the men's individual stroke play
What’s happening today? Day four of the golf competition sees the fourth an...
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Martin and Roberts gold faves heading into final day of high-flying BMX Freestyle event
What’s happening? With the semifinal rounds done and dusted, the stage is n...
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Tokyo 2020 diving day 7: SHI Tingmao and WANG Han tipped for gold in the 3m springboard final
What’s happening? Day seven of the diving competition sees the fifth medal ...
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What Spain semi-final clash means to KUBO Takefusa and Japan
This is it. There's a reason why KUBO Takefusa is as big as he is in Japan,...
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Men's Olympic football: Final in sight for hosts Japan, Spain, Brazil, and Mexico
Just four teams remain in the hunt for three Olympic medals. Men's football...