Francisco Seco/APįans may have been kept away from virtually all Olympic events amid the coronavirus pandemic, but that didn’t stop them trying to experience the Games in person as many clustered around venues to try to catch a glimpse of the action.Īt the Aomi Urban Sports Park, for instance, fans lining the adjacent pedestrian street had a distant view of the sports climbing competitions – despite signs and security officials urging people not to gather there. Raven Saunders performs her X protest on the podium in Tokyo. Some put it down to a springy running track and advancements in shoe technology, while others credited the athletes themselves. Olympic records were also set by Elaine Thompson-Herah in the 100 meters and Jakob Ingebritsen in the 1500 meters.
In the men’s 400 meter hurdles final, gold and silver medalists Karsten Warholm and Rai Benjamin ran faster than Warholm’s previous record by more than half a second, while Sydney McLaughlin also smashed the world record in the women’s 400 meter hurdles. Records are broken at every Games, but perhaps not in the same stunning fashion as they were in Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium.
Skateboarding wasn’t the only sport added to the Olympic program in a bid to attract a younger audience sport climbing also sought to draw new fans to the Games with a head-to-head speed discipline and an unpredictable, down-to-the-wire scoring format.Įxpect more of the same at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, where breakdancing has been added to the event lineup. Great Britain's Sky Brown competes in the park skateboarding competition at the Tokyo Olympics, where she won bronze. That’s an average age of 14 across the two medal events. The podiums in the women’s street and park events had combined ages of 42 and 44 years old respectively. Take skateboarding – a sport that made its debut in Tokyo. While Biles and Felix may have both competed in their final Games, Tokyo 2020 also highlighted athletes at the start of their Olympic careers. “We are just lucky she is from our sport,” added Coe. Her Olympics career spans five Games, which World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said is” frankly, off the planet.” “For me to be able to step out – I think my daughter gave me the courage to do that.” “There have been so many women before me who had to stay silent about their fight,” Felix said of the way sport and athletics so often overlooks women’s careers during and after childbirth. The two medals she won in Tokyo also represent her role as an athlete mother. Simone Biles performs on vault during the women's final in Tokyo Natacha Pisarenko/APįellow American Allyson Felix became the most decorated US track and field athlete in history with 4x400 meter relay gold on Saturday.
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