Late at night, on a bridge in Tokyo Bay, the Olympic flame burns alone
TUESDAY, AUGUST 03, 2021
TOKYO - The Olympics have closed for the night, and the vast brick promenade that stretches between many of the competition venues is empty after 2 a.m. Normally at an Olympics, such a walk would be filled by a never-ending party. Tonight, in this pandemic-wary city, the lone sound is the clumping of a pedestrians feet.
In 9.8 seconds, a broad-shouldered, baldheaded Italian man born in Texas shocks the world
MONDAY, AUGUST 02, 2021
TOKYO - Before he lined up among the fastest men in the world, in the final hours before he believed he could run faster than them for 100 meters, a broad-shouldered, baldheaded Italian man born in El Paso named Lamont Marcell Jacobs received a text message. The message came from another man named Lamont Marcell Jacobs. "I am junior," Jacobs said. "He is senior."
Belarusian Olympic sprinter says she is being pressured to leave Tokyo after criticizing her countrys Olympic officials
MONDAY, AUGUST 02, 2021
Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya said she was forced to pack her things in Tokyo and escorted to the airport after she publicly criticized Belarusian Olympic officials.
In shadow of Japans Fukushima disaster, the Olympic message of recovery rings hollow
FRIDAY, JULY 30, 2021
FUKUSHIMA, Japan - After radiation turned their village into a no-go area a decade ago, an improbable alliance formed between cattle farmer Muneo Kanno and nuclear physicist Yoichi Tao on their frustration over the Japanese governments response.