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Tokyo 2020 Paralympic games closing ceremony

Kim Kyung-Hoon, Reuters
Posted at Sep 06 02:49 PM

Volunteers hold national flags during the parade at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Closing Ceremony at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan Sunday. Read more »

Dutch parathlete Fleur Jong jumps into history books

Athit Perawongmetha, Reuters
Posted at Aug 28 02:11 PM

Fleur Jong of the Netherlands in action during the Women’s Long Jump T64 Final on Saturday at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 24, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 01:00 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

2020 Paralympic Games begin

Bernadett Szabo, Reuters
Updated as of Aug 25 12:32 AM

Fireworks light up the sky during the the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium Tuesday. Read more »

Making a splash

Kai Pfaffenbach, Reuters
Posted at Jul 30 10:50 PM

Mohamed Tindouft of Morocco and Ala Zoghlami of Italy in action during the 1st round of the Men's 3000m Steeplechase at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan on Friday. Read more »

Olympics: Games organizers admit to wasting about 4,000 boxes of food

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 29 12:21 PM

Tokyo Games organizers on Wednesday admitted to throwing away approximately 4,000 of the 10,000 pre-ordered bento boxes full of food that was to be fed to volunteers on the day of the opening ceremony. Read more »

Tokyo Olympic Games begin

Edgar Siu, Reuters
Posted at Jul 23 08:29 PM

Fireworks explode at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan on Friday as the 2020 Olympic Games begin after being postponed for a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

Crowds gather outside Tokyo stadium for Olympics opening ceremony

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 23 06:09 PM

Hundreds of people gathered outside the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Friday, hoping for a glimpse of an opening ceremony that will take place behind closed doors because of strict anti-coronavirus rules. Read more »

Protest against Tokyo Olympics

Kyodo via Reuters
Posted at May 10 11:08 AM

People protest against holding the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, around Olympic Stadium (National Stadium) as an Olympic test event for athletics is held inside the venue in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Read more »

Tokyo's Olympic Stadium holds track and field test event, minus fans

Chris Gallagher, Reuters
Posted at May 09 07:22 PM

Hundreds of athletes participated in a test event at the Olympic Stadium on Sunday. Read more »

Japan athletes give Tokyo Olympic stadium a test run

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 23 07:38 PM

Japan's top athletes put the new Tokyo Olympic stadium through its paces at a track meet Sunday, one year ahead of the Games which have been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

Tokyo unveils heat-busting stadium, 7 months before Olympics

Kyoko Hasegawa, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 16 08:26 AM

Tokyo formally unveiled its 60,000-seater main Olympic Stadium Sunday, more than seven months before the 2020 Opening Ceremony -- with a host of special features to beat the feared heat. Read more »