thejapantimes, 11 days ago to random

Kanoa Igarashi is ready to challenge the legendary waves at Teahupo'o in search of Olympic gold at the Paris Games. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/05/31/more-sports/kanoa-igarashi-paris-gold/ #moresports #kanoaigarashi #2024parisolympics #2020tokyoolympics

thejapantimes, 17 days ago to Japan

Japan is still grappling with the fallout of the graft-stained and pandemic-delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, serving as a warning to Paris ahead of the Games this summer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/26/japan/olympic-legacy-paris-warning/ #japan #2020tokyoolympics #2024parisolympics

thejapantimes, 26 days ago to China

Two months before the Paris Olympics, the global agency tasked with policing doping in sports is facing a growing crisis as it fends off allegations it helped cover up the positive tests of elite Chinese swimmers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/05/16/wada-trust-issues-olympics/ #olympics #worldantidopingagency #lilyking #china #2020tokyoolympics #2024parisolympics

thejapantimes, 1 month ago to random

Jakob Ingebrigtsen believes his 1,500-meter Olympic title defense will be a breeze as long as he avoids illness and injury on the road to Paris, the Norwegian said on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/05/03/jakob-ingebrigtsen-paris-tokyo/ #olympics #jakobingebrigtsen #2020tokyoolympics #2024parisolympics

thejapantimes, 1 month ago to random

Two athletes sharing Olympic gold in a near-empty stadium in Tokyo caught the imagination of an expectant audience across the world. Co-champion Mutaz Ezza Barshim doesn't expect that will ever happen again. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/04/26/barshim-shared-gold-no-repeat/ #olympics #2020tokyoolympics #gianmarcotamberi #mutazezzabarshim

thejapantimes, 1 month ago to China

The World Anti-Doping Agency asked an independent prosecutor to review its handling of the case where 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a prescription heart drug. The United States Anti-Doping Agency called the announcement "self-serving." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/04/26/more-sports/wada-china-ruling-review/ #moresports #worldantidopingagency #2020tokyoolympics #2024parisolympics #doping #china #swimming

thejapantimes, 1 month ago to Sports

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Monday rejected accusations of a cover-up during its investigation into Chinese swimmers testing positive for a prescription heart drug. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/04/23/wada-chinese-swimmers/ #sports #2020tokyoolympics #china #wada

thejapantimes, 1 month ago to China

Australian coach Denis Cotterell, who works with the Chinese Swimming Association, has rejected claims of systemic state-run doping, saying it is "so far from anything I have seen." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/04/22/more-sports/australian-coach-china-doping-swimmers/ #moresports #china #zhangyufei #doping #wada #2020tokyoolympics

thejapantimes, 1 month ago to China

Twenty-three top Chinese swimmers tested positive for the same powerful banned substance seven months before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 but were allowed to escape public scrutiny. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/04/20/chinese-swimmers-olympics-banned-substance/ #olympics #china #2020tokyoolympics #2024parisolympics #swimming #zhangyufei #shunwang #qinhaiyang #drugs

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Sports

There has been a seismic shift recently in the sporting landscape for trans athletes, with the pendulum swinging back toward tighter measures on a divisive issue that has virtually no gray area. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/01/04/transgender-athletes-shift/?utm_content=buffer55e5f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #sports #lgbtq #2020tokyoolympics #2024parisolympics #transgender

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

A former executive with the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games pleaded not guilty Thursday in a high-profile bribery case that has rocked the sports and marketing industries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/14/japan/crime-legal/olympics-bribery-1st-hearing/?utm_content=bufferb28b9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #crimelegal #corruption #2020tokyoolympics #sponsorship #japanesecourts #haruyukitakahashi

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to poland

Krystsina Tsimanouskaya hopes to race in the 200 at next year's Paris Games, the event she had been set to run in Tokyo the day after Belarus removed her from the team. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2023/08/08/more-sports/belarusian-sprinter-poland/?utm_content=buffer5aa30&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #moresports #krystsinatsimanouskaya #belarus #poland #worldathletics #2020tokyoolympics

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to skateboarding

Nyjah Huston's fellow skaters say he's due for a blockbuster performance at the 2024 Summer Olympics after placing a disappointing seventh two years ago in Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2023/08/01/more-sports/huston-skateboarding-paris-games/?utm_content=bufferc499d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #moresports #2024parisolympics #nyjahhuston #skateboarding #shaunwhite #2020tokyoolympics

thejapantimes, 11 months ago to news

A Tokyo court sentenced the former president of major Japanese advertising agency ADK Holdings to a suspended prison term for bribing a Tokyo Olympic Games organizing committee executive in 2021. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/12/national/crime-legal/adk-president-trial/?utm_content=bufferd1c1c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #japan #advertising #2020tokyoolympics #sponsorship #japanesecourts #adkholdings

thejapantimes, 11 months ago to news

A former operations executive on the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee admitted Wednesday to bid-rigging charges related to the Summer Games. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/05/national/crime-legal/yasuo-mori-bid-rigging-tokyo-olympics/?utm_content=bufferadcda&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #japan #2020tokyoolympics #dentsu #hakuhodo #japanesecourts