Given the increased interest in sports and exercise around the Olympics underway in Tokyo, events such as the Summer Games represent an unrealized opportunity to improve global health, finds a new Lancet study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. “The Olympics and other mass sporting events are a missed opportunity to […]
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Tokyo 2020 Olympics Briefing: Rowing’s Huge Medal Haul, Ariarne Titmus Gets The Golden Double
They were a long time coming, but in n way has Tokyo 2020 failed to live up to the hype of an Olympic Games. Perhaps now more than ever, as many of us find ourselves in an extended lockdown, the Games provide a welcome distraction from the minutiae of everyday life. With a simple flick […]
Olympic Round-up: Women’s Relay Team Smash Record As Ash Barty Loses First Round
They were a long time coming but in no way has Tokyo 2020 failed to live up to the hype of an Olympic Games. Perhaps now more than ever, as many of us find ourselves in an extended lockdown, the Games provide a welcome distraction from the minutiae of everyday life. With a simply flick […]
The Cute Detail You Might Have Missed At The Aus Olympic Uniform Unveiling
The countdown to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is on, even despite the fact that uncertainty continues to hover like a cloud over the event, threatening to dampen all celebrations and pull athletes out of their reverie and into lockdown instead. Given the struggle sporting codes and tournaments have experienced with organising events in the […]
'I Was Training for the Olympics. Now I Have No Clue What the Future Holds.'
After months of training and qualifying competitions, U.S. fencer Race Imboden was on track to compete for his country at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. But like everyone, his plans were thrown into limbo with the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus, and now the 26-year-old athlete and two-time Olympian has no idea what the […]
Eskimo-Indian Olympics Star Kyle Khaayák’w Worl Does 400 Pushups a Day
About 16,000 years ago, humans crossed the Bering Land Bridge from Siberia and arrived in Alaska. The ones who stayed are the ancestors of today’s Alaskan Natives—Inuit, Yupik, Dena’ina, and others. “In the winter months, they’d hone their personal fitness by training and playing games that built the skills necessary to live in the harsh […]
5 Must-See Women's Events At The 2018 Winter Olympics
THE EVENT Women’s Moguls Finals Tune in: Sun Feb 11th, 9.30pm AEDT Cheer nice and loud for Britt Cox- our first real shot at a medal. She dominated the 2016/17 season with seven World Cup wins, the overall Crystal Globe and world title. THE EVENT Women’s Aerials Tune in: Thurs Feb 15th + Fri 16th, 9pm A […]
Tokyo passes strict anti-smoking laws ahead of Olympics
Tokyo’s city government Wednesday passed strict new anti-smoking rules ahead of the 2020 Olympics, leapfrogging national legislation on lighting up that has been watered down after opposition from pro-smoking MPs. Japan has long been an outlier in the developed world, considered a smoker’s paradise where lighting up is allowed in most restaurants and bars. The […]