# Tokyo Olympics

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# pressing on

'No plan B' - IOC chief says Tokyo Olympics will go ahead

There has been mounting speculation the postponed Games will ultimately be cancelled.

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Jan 21st 2021, 11:41 AM

# uncertainty

Will the delayed Tokyo Olympics go ahead this summer?

A London 2012 chief reckons it’s ‘unlikely,’ while the World Athletics president believes a very different Games will take place.

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Jan 19th 2021, 9:46 PM

# big ben

'If Irish people ever thought I was brash, that would be my worst nightmare'

When the opportunity came to switch allegiance from Britain to Ireland, Ben Fletcher jumped at it.

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Dec 27th 2020, 9:08 AM

# Tokyo Olympics

Meet one of Irish sport’s best athletes - also Irish sport’s best kept secret

Fintan McCarthy has a great chance of winning gold at next year’s Olympics. So how come he is not already a national treasure?

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Dec 24th 2020, 7:00 AM

# Road to Tokyo

Irish men's sevens team learn details of Olympic qualifiers

Anthony Eddy’s side are among 12 nations vying for the last remaining spot in Tokyo.

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Dec 17th 2020, 10:52 AM

# Hoping for the green light

Ireland’s leading Olympic hope may retire unless government relax rules

Two-time world rowing champion Sanita Puspure fears her hopes of gold in Tokyo could be ruined by lockdown policies.

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May 29th 2020, 3:00 PM

# Challenges

Why is postponing this year's Olympics so complicated?

‘It’s not like moving a football game to next Saturday,’ says IOC president Thomas Bach.

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Mar 23rd 2020, 10:49 AM

# Criticism

'Premature' to postpone Tokyo Olympics - IOC chief

He remained optimistic about holding the Tokyo Olympics on schedule from July 24 to August 9.

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Mar 20th 2020, 8:11 AM

# uncertainty

'Except for wartime, I have never felt so worried' - doubts grow in Japan over Tokyo Olympics

Officials like Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and IOC chief Thomas Bach have repeatedly insisted preparations should continue.

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Mar 16th 2020, 12:55 PM

# Flying High

'I’m going to leave Tokyo with Olympic gold'

Pressure, pride, adrenaline, despair, peaks, troughs, heartache – Garry Doyle speaks to four Irish athletes heading to Tokyo to find out what it’s really like to qualify for the Olympics.

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Feb 15th 2020, 8:00 AM

# Covid-19

Tokyo Olympics remains on track amid coronavirus fears, but organisers say 'no plan B' in place

Covid-19 has infected almost 64,000 people globally.

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Feb 14th 2020, 10:50 PM

# Unimpressed

'A tragedy' - Russia reacts with anger after doping ban from Olympics, World Cup

Wada’s executive committee, meeting in Lausanne, handed the country the ‘robust’ four-year suspension.

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Dec 10th 2019, 8:54 AM

# Boxing

No Rio Olympics referees or judges will be used at Tokyo 2020

Michael Conlan was on the wrong end of a controversial decision in the 2016 Olympics.

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Nov 21st 2019, 8:49 AM

# Pledge of Allegiance

'All I've done is play golf for Ireland so why would that change?' - McIlroy commits to 2020 Olympics

The 30-year-old pulled out of competing at the Rio Games in 2016.

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Oct 23rd 2019, 2:12 PM

# problems

21-year-old Australian Olympic champion undergoes third heart operation

Kyle Chalmers said he was hopeful the problem has now been fixed ‘once and for all’.

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Aug 29th 2019, 3:43 PM