# tokyo-2020 - Yesterday’s News
# Old-fashioned Trolling
From The42
# Old-fashioned Trolling
Derval O’Rourke on why it is important to show respect to all Irish athletes who compete at the Olympics.
# tokyo-2020 - Thursday 13 May, 2021
# Unacceptable
From The42
# Unacceptable
Derval O’Rourke has called for a ‘full review’ into the funding system in Irish sport.
# tokyo-2020 - Wednesday 21 April, 2021
# Vote
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# Vote
The IOC has approved a recommendation from its own Athletes’ Commission to curtail the right to protest on the field of play.
# tokyo-2020 - Thursday 15 April, 2021
# Covid-19
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# Covid-19
The Olympics are due to get under way on 23 July, with the Paralympics taking place after.
# tokyo-2020 - Tuesday 23 March, 2021
# AIM
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# AIM
After a fantastic season, Nadia Power feels there is plenty more work to be done.
# tokyo-2020 - Saturday 20 March, 2021
# Decision Made
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# Decision Made
The decision comes due to continuing uncertainty amid the coronavirus pandemic.
# tokyo-2020 - Sunday 14 March, 2021
# Opting Out
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# Opting Out
The reigning Masters champion said last year he would not have played in the Japan Games had they been staged as planned in 2020.
# tokyo-2020 - Wednesday 3 March, 2021
# Turner's Cross
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# Turner's Cross
18-year-old Nicole Turner is targeting the podium at this summer’s Paralympic Games.
# tokyo-2020 - Tuesday 2 March, 2021
# The Next Level
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# The Next Level
Paralympics Ireland’s new fundraising campaign ‘The Next Level’ has already raised over €60,000.
# tokyo-2020 - Monday 22 February, 2021
# Get Well Soon
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# Get Well Soon
Fletcher suffered the injury at the IJF Tel Aviv Grand Slam on Saturday.
# tokyo-2020 - Friday 12 February, 2021
# Tokyo 2020
# Tokyo 2020
One of just two women in Japan’s cabinet has been mooted as a possible successor.
# tokyo-2020 - Tuesday 9 February, 2021
# Say No Mori
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# Say No Mori
However, the International Olympics Committee hasn’t asked for the resignation of the 83-year-old.
# tokyo-2020 - Wednesday 27 January, 2021
# Tokyo 2020
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# Tokyo 2020
The emergence of new strains has sparked debate on whether the Games should take place.
# tokyo-2020 - Friday 22 January, 2021
# Tokyo 2020
# Tokyo 2020
Organisers have said they are “fully focused on hosting the Games this summer”.
# tokyo-2020 - Sunday 10 January, 2021
# Tokyo 2020
# Tokyo 2020
Tokyo 2020 organisers are insisting the Games will go ahead this year.
# tokyo-2020 - Sunday 8 November, 2020
# Slalom Success
From The42
# Slalom Success
The canoeist today earned Ireland’s first-ever World Cup gold medal in the C1 class.
# tokyo-2020 - Thursday 24 September, 2020
# Tokyo 2020
From The42
# Tokyo 2020
Tour de France “showed to the world that we can organise safe sport events even without a vaccine”, says Thomas Bach.
# tokyo-2020 - Friday 24 July, 2020
# Choppy
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# Choppy
‘I had to sit here by myself, worrying my butt off about them making it through, that they were okay.’
# tokyo-2020 - Sunday 19 July, 2020
# Athletics
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# Athletics
Scullion had announced his retirement with a short tweet on Saturday night.
# tokyo-2020 - Wednesday 13 May, 2020
# Switch
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# Switch
The cyclist was born near Aylesbury but her family moved to Dingle, Co Kerry, when she was 18 months old.
# tokyo-2020 - Friday 3 April, 2020
# Column
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# Column
Mark Downey on the life of an athlete under lockdown, featuring Fortnite, scones and childhood memories.
# tokyo-2020 - Friday 27 March, 2020
# Olympic Dream
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# Olympic Dream
The Olympics have been pushed back due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
# tokyo-2020 - Wednesday 25 March, 2020
# Interview
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# Interview
Sanita Puspure on how the dramatic change of plans have impacted on her.
# tokyo-2020 - Tuesday 24 March, 2020
# Tokyo 2020
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# Tokyo 2020
Olympic Federation of Ireland says postponement is ‘the right call given the times that we are in’.
# tokyo-2020 - Monday 23 March, 2020
# Tokyo 2020
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# Tokyo 2020
Dick Pound says the IOC will postpone the Tokyo Olympics and then deal with the “immense” ramifications of putting the Games back.
# Tokyo 2020
From The42
# Tokyo 2020
The uncertainty amidst the Covid-19 pandemic continues.
# tokyo-2020 - Sunday 22 March, 2020
# Tokyo 2020
From The42
# Tokyo 2020
Athletes from several sports have criticised the IOC’s advice that they continue to prepare for the Games “as best they can”.
# tokyo-2020 - Friday 20 March, 2020
# Pandemic
From The42
# Pandemic
Ayeisha McFerran and Judy Reynolds tell The42 about how their preparations for the Games have been disrupted.
# tokyo-2020 - Thursday 19 March, 2020
# Irish Interest
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# Irish Interest
The Olympic Federation of Ireland released a lengthy statement this evening.
# Uncertainty
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# Uncertainty
Olympian and current secretary of the European Olympic Committee Athletes Commission, David Harte, speaks to The42.
# tokyo-2020 - Tuesday 17 March, 2020
# Tokyo 2020
From The42
# Tokyo 2020
Irish Olympian Sonia O’Sullivan is in favour of the Games being rescheduled for 2021.
# Concern
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# Concern
Karate star Caradh O’Donovan wants more athletes to speak up.
# tokyo-2020 - Monday 16 March, 2020
# Omnishambles
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# Omnishambles
The decision comes less than 24 hours after the IOC’s Boxing Task Force moved the competition behind closed doors.
# tokyo-2020 - Saturday 14 March, 2020
# Road To Tokyo
From The42
# Road To Tokyo
Belgian was on the opposite side of the 60kg draw to Kellie Harrington.
# tokyo-2020 - Tuesday 10 March, 2020
# Box On
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# Box On
The IOC says its Boxing Task Force will continue to consult with its medical professionals and will adhere to any advice from relevant national health institutions.
# tokyo-2020 - Saturday 7 March, 2020
# Improvement
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# Improvement
It’s been a week to remember for track cyclist Lydia Gurley and her team-mate Lydia Boylan, following their success at the World Championships.
# tokyo-2020 - Tuesday 3 March, 2020
# Coronavirus
From The42
# Coronavirus
Seiko Hashimoto told Japanese parliament that the government’s contract with the IOC could allow a delay to Tokyo 2020 due to the coronavirus.
# tokyo-2020 - Sunday 1 March, 2020
# Progress
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# Progress
It’s been a day to remember for Felix English and Mark Downey.
# tokyo-2020 - Wednesday 26 February, 2020
# Road To Tokyo
From The42
# Road To Tokyo
‘I came back from Kenya and ran 35 seconds faster than I’ve ever run for a 5k,’ said the Kilkenny man, whose season begins in Cairo today.
# Shipping Up
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# Shipping Up
A strong Wednesday saw Murphy break into the top five overall, with Howth’s Hopkins joining her in the Gold Fleet.
