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Kenyans leave Tokyo 2021 at a high level

The Kenyans were beaten 24-10 by Canada and finished ten in the rugby tournament in the Olympic Games at the Olympics in Tokyo 2021. A result slightly better than what was achieved at the Olympics 2016 (11th) but which gave hope to a team from Kenya definitely. From our special correspondent in Tokyo,Felix Oloo, coach of the…

Burundian Ornella Havyarimana leaves Tokyo

Burundi flag bearer Ornella Havyarimana was eliminated in her first match at the Tokyo 2021 Olympic boxing tournament on July 29 at Kokugikan Arena. But Burundian was able to measure her progress against Serbian Nina Radovanovic, an opponent she has already met. From our special correspondent in Tokyo,Despite the blows, Ornella…

In Tokyo, the Olympics are being prepared between a state of emergency

The Tokyo Olympics start in less than two weeks, and it has been decided that most events will be held behind closed doors. For foreign athletes and journalists, it is about quarantine, even if you are 100% vaccinated. For the Japanese, of whom only 16.8% are, the goal is to minimize the risk of contamination and an explosion in the number of cases of Covid-19 in the country. The decision to refrain from spectators is a first in Olympic history. There will therefore be no one in almost all the venues for the Olympic Games…

Tokyo welcomes Olympic flame without fans, in

The Olympic flame arrived in Tokyo on Friday, but with the public staying away at a low-key welcoming ceremony due to fears of coronavirus, the day after a "heartbreaking" announcement that spectators would be banned from most gaming events. On a rainy morning exactly two weeks before the inauguration of the biggest sporting…