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# Olympics

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8-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt self-isolating after coronavirus test
Only one quarter of Japanese want Olympics next year: poll
'It takes away from your focus' - Coghlan on the potential cost of protesting for Olympic athletes
The Irish-born athlete lighting up Australia
'It's brought people together' - The world champion boxer working in a hospital during the pandemic
How a 16-year-old with no boxing experience went from idolising Katie Taylor to competing with her
Staging Olympics next year will not be easy says top WHO official
Olympics with no crowds, not recognising Wozniacki in Rio and 'a weird hatred of bananas'
Next year's Olympics will be cancelled if pandemic not over, says Games chief
'Self-isolating is what we're used to' - Life as normal for O'Donovan brothers in scenic West Cork
'The first year at times was embarrassing. 'These guys won a World Cup and now they can’t even compete''
Quiz: Can you name all of Ireland's Olympic medalists?
Advice from Clare GAA star after cruciate injury and chasing a spot on Ireland's Olympic hockey team
'Time with mum and dad is time I never really would have got if something like this didn't happen'
Lions ease concerns over South Africa series clash with rescheduled Olympics
'I kind of wish I'd appreciated it more in the moment'
For one of Ireland’s biggest medal hopes, the Olympics' postponement could be a blessing in disguise
'We are gutted, but what matters most is health and wellbeing. We’ll use this as an opportunity'
The Tokyo Olympics have been postponed until 2021
IOC member Pound says Tokyo Olympics postponement is inevitable
'You don't walk into an 80 grand job... That's a hard thing for an athlete to take'
IOC's Olympics postponement decision to be made in next 4 weeks
'To train for these Games clearly puts their physical and mental health at risk'
Pressure grows on Olympics chiefs as US Athletics joins calls for Games postponement
'Premature' to postpone Tokyo Olympics - IOC chief
Olympic qualification plan to be outlined 'by early April,' and those qualified already have place guaranteed
'No need for any drastic decisions at this stage,' as IOC 'remains fully committed' to 2020 Olympics
'Nobody wins if everything is cancelled but already, everybody is losing' - Sonia's call to postpone Olympics
'In 20 odd years, I've never been tested by Sport Ireland. That doesn't look good for our sport'
'It's post-traumatic stress. You don't know what to do. Your world has just crumbled'
'The coaches just didn't have the heart to tell me to go home' - The once-unfancied Irish athlete set for the Olympics
IRFU opts against hosting Olympic 7s qualifying competition in Ireland
Tokyo Games could be postponed until end of 2020, says Japan’s Olympic minister
The melancholy of the former distance runner
Irish duo provisionally qualify for Tokyo Olympics
More controversy awaits as running steels itself for Nike's latest shoe revolution
Lanigan-O'Keeffe begins bid to reach third Olympics imbued by training stint in Kenya
Fate of Olympics will not be decided until May
Martinelli reveals Arsenal blocked Brazil U23 call-up
Remarkable Australian Open run of 15-year-old Coco Gauff comes to an end