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Peter Waterfield of team GB in tiny trunks, not a budgie in sight Despite our disappointment about the games, one of the things we are really going to miss is all that toned man candy. The national spirit, the human triumphs… the guys in lycra. There is so much we are going to miss in the next two weeks. Seeing as the Games are only once every four years and the window in which an athlete can compete is relatively small compared to other sports or careers, they can train their whole lives and only ever get to compete at two or three Olympic games. In the meantime, we must spare more than a few thoughts for the athletes. The effort that must have gone into these games is phenomenal so the world collectively holds its breath that they can go ahead in 2021 as planned. With the Olympic villages all having been completed and the numerous stadiums, tracks and fields all set, its eerie and devastating to see them all left un-used. The Covid-19 pandemic tragically put paid to this year’s game which were dubbed as being the best yet with Tokyo putting on the show to end all shows. This weekend would have been seen the first rounds of the 2020 Olympics Games but alas they weren’t to be. Plus, the opening round of baseball and men’s golf.Ĭheck back tomorrow to learn even more about the Tokyo 2020 Games.Arthur Zanetti of Brazil shows us some serious artillery WATCH - 3x3 basketball makes its debut at Tokyo 2020 Olympics.Some of the key events to look forward to on July 28 include both the men’s and women’s bronze and gold medal 3X3 basketball games. WATCH - Teens sweep the podium in women’s street skateboarding final.WATCH - How Olympic athletes handle the Tokyo heat.WATCH - Controversy at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics explained.CBC Kids News will be covering the Olympics every day until the closing ceremony on Aug. Tennis star Naomi Osaka talks about her mental health.Australia's Ash Barty and Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus have also lost, which means the top three women in the world won't be playing for a medal. Osaka is currently ranked second in the world. Japanese superstar Naomi Osaka was knocked out of the women’s singles tennis tournament by Marketa Vondrousove of Czech Republic. (Image credit: Yuki Iwamura/AFP/Getty Images) On the women’s side, American Carissa Moore won the gold. Ferreira would go on to win that Olympic gold, the first ever awarded in this debut Olympic event. Surfers like Brazil’s Italo Ferreira (pictured) battled intense waves during the men’s shortboard gold medal final. (Image credit: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) In that moment she won her country of Bermuda’s first Olympic gold ever. (Image credit: Yuichi Masuda/Getty Images)įlora Duffy had a lot to smile about as she ran across the finish line of the women’s triathlon. Softball will not be returning to the Olympics in 2024. Members of Canada’s women’s softball team embraced after their bronze win. Triathlete Flora Duffy swam, biked and ran her way to Bermuda’s first-ever gold medal. Japan’s tennis star was knocked out of the women’s single tournament - with no chance to win a medal.Īmerican Simone Biles -“The Goat” - withdrew from the women’s team artistic gymnastics final due to a “medical issue.”
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The win secured Canada’s first-ever medal in the sport. The first time was at the 2016 Rio Olympics.Ĭanada’s women’s softball team won bronze by beating Mexico. This is the second time the EOR has been represented at the Olympics.
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The athletes currently live and train in a variety of host countries, including Canada. The EOR team in Tokyo is made up of 29 athletes to compete across 12 different sports. (Image credit: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images)
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He hasn’t seen his family in eight years. The opening ceremony flag bearers for the EOR were swimmer Yusra Mardini and marathon runner Tachlowini Gabriyesos. Refugees are people who had to leave their home countries to escape war, violence, conflict or persecution, according to the United Nations.
C. moore olympic games tokyo 2020 code#
The code is based on the French name: Equipe Olympique des Réfugiés. The EOR is the code for another non-nation team, the Refugee Olympic Team. The ROC isn’t the only odd team code you may have noticed.