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Tag: Olympic Games (2020)
Olympians Enter a Risky New Event: Vaccine Line Jumping
A survey of German Olympic athletes this year illuminated the prickly dynamics of that stance: 73 percent of respondents said they agreed with the current…
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Olympians Enter a Risky New Event: Vaccine Line Jumping
A survey of German Olympic athletes this year illuminated the prickly dynamics of that stance: 73 percent of respondents said they agreed with the current…
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Woman Is Chosen to Succeed Tokyo Olympics Chief Who Made Sexist Remark
TOKYO — The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee on Thursday appointed Seiko Hashimoto, Japan’s cabinet minister in charge of the Olympics and gender equality, to replace…
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Yoshiro Mori Expected to Resign as Tokyo Olympics President
TOKYO — Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, was expected to resign on Friday, a little over a week after he unleashed…
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Yoshiro Mori Expected to Resign as Tokyo Olympics President
TOKYO — Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, was expected to resign on Friday, a little over a week after he unleashed…
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Tokyo Olympics Chief Yoshiro Mori in Furor Over Sexist Comments
TOKYO — Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics, already facing rising costs and significant public opposition to this summer’s Games, faced a new furor on Wednesday…
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Officials Outline Tokyo Olympics Plan for a Safe Games Without Quarantines
TOKYO — Defying mounting concerns that this summer’s Tokyo Olympic Games will have to be canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, organizers began unveiling guidelines…
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Not Yet Desperate, Japan and South Korea Plod Toward Vaccinations
TOKYO — Japan’s biggest cities are under a state of emergency as coronavirus deaths rise, even while the country tries to convince the world it…
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Despite Virus Surge, I.O.C. Pledges Summer Olympics in Tokyo Will Happen
With the coronavirus surging in much of the world, including a spike in Japan, the president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday sought to…
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