HISTORY of exhibitionsOLYMPIC Games (18th : 1964 : Tokyo, Japan)SELF-perceptionJAPANESE history, 1945-1989Using official materials and media commentary, this article examines two large-scale spectacles and their implications for post-war Japanese nationalism. Discursively, the Olympics and the World ...
Chen Meng (R top)/Wang Manyu (L) of China compete against Hayata Hina/Harimoto Miwa of Japan during the women's team gold medal match of table tennis between China and Japan at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, on Aug. 10, 2024. (Xinhua/Liu Xu) Chen Meng (R top)/W...
China and Australia have voiced support for postponing the event, saying Japan is prioritizing the athletes' and participants' health and safety. They also expressed optimism that next year's Games will be the greatest in Olympic history.
China, who finished seventh in Tokyo, lay third with 166.628, ahead of Brazil. Japan, Canada, Britain and Romania also advanced to the team final. Biles scored a total of 59.566 to lead the individual all-around qualifying, despite a possible calf injury she picked up weeks ago. Behind wer...
gave the U.S. its first medals in the 80-year history of Olympic women's fencing. Zagunis, whose parents rowed for the United States at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, was added to the American team two months after its selection by FIE, the sport's international governing body, when Nigeria...
Molly Seidel Takes Bronze in the Olympic Marathon; Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya Wins Gold Molly Seidel is the third American woman in history to medal in an Olympic marathon, surviving the brutal heat to finish third. Erin Strout Updated Aug 7, 2021 Olympics Faith Kipyegon Defends Her 1500...
Born in Minnesota,Sunisa “Suni” Leestarted training in gymnastics at age 6 and continued to vault her way to success. During the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, the 21-year-old made history as the first Asian American woman to win the gold medal in the all-around competition. She also wo...
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In the women's singles final on Saturday, 30-year-old Chen triumphed over the world's top-ranked Sun, with a 4-2 victory, making history as world's oldest female Olympic champion of the event and proving she still had plenty of fuel in her tank. ...
"Our goal is to show the spirit of the Chinese women's rugby team to the whole world," China's first-ever try scorer Liu Xiaoqian said following China's debut on the global rugby stage. Despite her history-making try, Liu remained in the moment after her score. "Because we were down...