Tokyo Summer Olympic Games 2020 News

[Monzanator 4,453]

10 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Unfortunately his marathon failure was predictable. He won all his great races with a 600m burst: there were always a dozen better even-paced guys.

 

Well, I don't watch maratons so I don't know about the commercial pacemakers there. I suppose he could have won some low-hanging fruits but it's all water under the bridge now.

[Quaker2001 251]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

And the rugby sevens? It's basically the last sport I need in my own schedule

Have they set the full schedule for that or just the groups?  Tokyo site has nothing thus far

[Quaker2001 251]

1 hour ago, intoronto said:

Beach volleyball is July 5th in Moscow.

Was just going to ask when beach volleyball is coming.  Definitely interested to see that one so I know when I'm going to be sleeping in late July

[AmericanHero40 191]

5 minutes ago, Quaker2001 said:

Was just going to ask when beach volleyball is coming.  Definitely interested to see that one so I know when I'm going to be sleeping in late July

I was gonna ask about Beach Volleyball as well, but then found that date

[bmo 194]

Does anyone know when the entry lists for each sport come out (just in general)?

[Olympian1010 7,919]

 

[Orangehair43 251]

Apparently Covid cases have risen in the last couple of weeks in Tokyo - I wonder if we will see changes to the planned crowd sizes.

 

 

It’s the Paralympics I feel worse for. The Olympics will go ahead no matter what but if the Olympics causes a Covid surge then the Paralympics might be casualty of a panicking Japanese Goverment. 

[heywoodu 14,879]

Ah, the Olympics will as good as certainly go ahead. Now, all aboard the 'Paralympics will be cancelled' train, choo choo!

[Oldira 88]

3 hours ago, Orangehair43 said:

Apparently Covid cases have risen in the last couple of weeks in Tokyo - I wonder if we will see changes to the planned crowd sizes.

 

 

It’s the Paralympics I feel worse for. The Olympics will go ahead no matter what but if the Olympics causes a Covid surge then the Paralympics might be casualty of a panicking Japanese Goverment. 

There were 317 cases in Tokyo yesterday. No major surge albeit a slight increase. UK had 22,000 cases alone yesterday and tonight there will be 40,000 in Wembley!

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BBC dropped their annual trailer for the Olympics today.