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Dutch middle-distance runner faces prospect of racing 24,500 metres in eight days of competition
Be a winner in the chic Olympics
‘I was just out there to do this for me,’ says champion US gymnast after tumultuous week
Gaming’s global popularity would boost the Summer Games’ ageing, declining viewership
Norway’s success, US women’s football reign ends and skateboarders take to TikTok
Games demonstrate why Japanese companies must ditch traditional ‘silent’ approach on social issues
New Zealand weightlifter’s participation fuels debate about gender classification in sport
Krystsina Tsimanouskaya accused her country’s authorities of trying to force her to leave Tokyo
Men’s sprinting races into new era, Venezuelan leaps to world record and British gymnast retains gold
Athletes have thrived even after country was penalised for state-sponsored cheating
House prices are increasing in almost every major economy in the wake of the pandemic
Krystsina Tsimanouskaya refuses to board flight home and asks for Japanese police protection
The lack of crowds at the Tokyo Games is having polarising effects on the athletes
Jamaica sweep the 100 metres podium as men chase first gold without Bolt
Police probe fans who shouted down Chinese national anthem during medal ceremony
Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare no longer part of one of the greatest fields of female sprinters after failing doping test
Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare suspended ahead of women’s 100 metre final and Simone Biles will miss two gymnastics finals
Host nations generally do well because of factors such as not having to travel and familiarity with stadiums
Failure by Team GB’s best-funded sport to win gold exposes divisions over tough approach of former coach
US gymnast’s exit from Olympics events reveals the pressure on elite athletes during the pandemic
The flipside of sport’s professionalisation is extra pressure heaped on athletes
The US’s Sunisa Lee takes gold in gymnastics, athletics events begin and Japanese competitors are attacked online
Enthusiasm for hosting the Games is fading, but the IOC has a chance to make them appealing once again
Gold medals for host nation change view of activity more often seen as public nuisance
It is a bizarre situation when your first thought on waking is ‘did Adam Peaty win the breaststroke?’
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