Tag: Swimming

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Whether it was collective relief as against all the odds the world settled down for sixteen days of jam-packed sport, forgetfulness after the exceptionally long five-year wait, or some newfound sense of appreciation, everything seemed to mean that little bit more at the Tokyo Olympics. Athletes jumped higher and ran faster, cried harder and expressed more freely their stresses and...

Splashing water and submerged cheers provided the soundtrack to the first week of the Tokyo Olympics. Before attention turned to the athletics track at National Stadium, events inside the Tokyo Aquatics Centre served as the steady backdrop to the Summer Games, a wellspring of excitement even as viewers were regaled by the close combat of fencing, judo, and taekwondo...