# tokyo-2020 - Wednesday 7 July, 2021
# Tokyo 2020
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# Tokyo 2020
Richardson’s 30-day marijuana ban expires before the Olympic relay competition begins.
# Take-up
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# Take-up
Ireland’s Olympic CMO, Dr Jim O’Donovan, says timing, personal reasons and competitive concerns may deter a small minority of athletes from receiving the jab.
# Diving Head-first
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# Diving Head-first
Team-mate Oliver Dingley has told her that the Olympics are ‘something to enjoy, soak in, and be excited about when you’re there.’
# tokyo-2020 - Monday 5 July, 2021
# Tokyo 2020
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# Tokyo 2020
It is likely the player will miss the start of the Premier League season as a result.
# Future Plans
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# Future Plans
The world number two told Japan’s national broadcaster NHK she was getting ready to play on home turf.
# tokyo-2020 - Thursday 1 July, 2021
# Allowance
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# Allowance
The clarification was welcomed by some athletes as a relief, but US football star Alex Morgan slammed organisers.
# tokyo-2020 - Friday 25 June, 2021
# Like A Fine Wine
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# Like A Fine Wine
Equestrian Anthony Hoy was named on the Australian team on Friday.
# tokyo-2020 - Wednesday 23 June, 2021
# Disappointment
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# Disappointment
The pentathlete has a hip issue and says that ‘to travel and not represent myself or my country to the fullest would be dishonourable’.
# Sun Yang
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# Sun Yang
Sun Yang has always protested innocence over the anti-doping violation in 2018.
# tokyo-2020 - Sunday 20 June, 2021
# Sevens Heaven
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# Sevens Heaven
‘To be an Olympian, no one can take that away from you.’
# Next Stop Tokyo
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# Next Stop Tokyo
Ireland beat France 28-19 in the final of the Olympic qualification repechage.
# tokyo-2020 - Tuesday 8 June, 2021
# Swim Team 33
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# Swim Team 33
Irish 4x100m medley team had their Olympic invitation rescinded on Monday.
# tokyo-2020 - Monday 7 June, 2021
# Appeal
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# Appeal
Swim Ireland intend to challenge the decision.
# tokyo-2020 - Wednesday 26 May, 2021
# Criticism
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# Criticism
The call comes with public opinion in Japan firmly against holding the Games this summer.
# tokyo-2020 - Sunday 23 May, 2021
# Triathlon
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# Triathlon
Career-best performance takes Hayes one step closer to Olympic qualification.
# Adaptation
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# Adaptation
Chris O’Donnell was a part of the mixed 4x400m relay team that sealed Ireland’s qualification earlier this month.
# tokyo-2020 - Thursday 20 May, 2021
# You Canoe It
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# You Canoe It
The Kildare woman must win her K1 200m final in Siberia if she is to claim the final ticket to Tokyo.
# tokyo-2020 - Sunday 16 May, 2021
# Old-fashioned Trolling
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# 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
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# 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
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# 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
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# 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.
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