Tag: Tokyo 2020
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Emma McKeon: A Profile Of Australia’s Most Decorated Olympian After The 2021 Tokyo Olympics | Newsweek
With the Tokyo 2020 Olympics coming to a close, Newsweek takes a look at who is making history. Swimmer Emma McKeon is Australia’s most successful Olympian with a total of 11 career medals. She’s also the most decorated swimmer at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, making history as the second woman to win 7 medals at…
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USA Olympian Says ‘Swimming Has a Doping Problem’ | Associated Press
American backstroke star Ryan Murphy said that doping remains a huge problem in the sport and he wonders if all his competitors are clean. Murphy just returned home from the Tokyo Olympics where he won three medals.
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‘It’s Weird,’ Penny Oleksiak Says About Being Canada’s Most-Decorated Olympian | CityNews
Melanie Ng and Sid Seixeiro chat with swimmer Penny Oleksiak, who is Canada’s most-decorated Olympian.
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FINA Ban of Inclusive Swim Caps Shows Need For Change | Bleacher Report
“The people are raising their voices as the fight for inclusion and equity continues.†Olympic swimmers have been speaking out against the ban of Black-owned Soul Cap swimming caps during competitions. FINA is now reconsidering the ban.
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14-Year-Old Chinese Diver’s Olympic Gold a Story of Her Rise Above Poverty to Perfect Score | South China Morning Post
A 14-year-old Chinese diver obliterated the competition at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre with her three perfect-10 scores to capture a gold medal in dominant fashion in the Olympic 10m platform final on August 5, 2021. Quan Hongchan, the youngest member of China’s team at the Tokyo Games, racked up a stunning overall score of 466.20…
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Olympics: Soul Cap Ban Places Swimming’s Diversity Issues In Spotlight | Bloomberg Quicktake: Now
The Soul Cap is designed to protect natural Black hairstyles in the pool and is used by Great Britain’s first Black female Olympic swimmer Alice Dearing.
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Evgeny Rylov, Kliment Kolesnikov End American Backstroke Dominance | Inside With Brett Hawke
For the last quarter of a century, the American men have dominated the backstroke events. Jeff Rouse Aaron Peirsol Tyler Clary Ryan Lochte Ryan Murphy Matt Grevers David Plummer the list just keep going. But not any longer thanks to the 1-2 punch from Russia’s Evgeny Rylov and Kliment Kolesnikov. Ryan Murphy still got on…
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The Sit-Down: Ryan Murphy & Abbey Weitzeil | CBS Local News
The Olympic swimmers talk with CBS Local’s DJ Sixsmith about their Tokyo 2020 experience, what it means to represent the United States of America, and coming home with multiple medals.
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Jay Litherland Won a Silver Medal in Tokyo and a DM From Olivia Munn: She Was “So Proud†| People
“To be the first Asian-American medalist [in Tokyo], it feels incredible. I’m super proud to represent the community,” Jay Litherland tells PEOPLE.