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Tokyo Olympics: NZ weightlifter Hubbard to become first transgender athlet
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], June 21 (ANI): New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard will become the first transgender athlete to compete in the Olympics after she was selected for the women's event at the upcoming Tokyo Games on Monday.
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IOA confirms JSW Group as sponsor for Tokyo Games
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Friday announced that JSW Group has been roped in as a sponsor for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
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Tokyo 2020: Indian men's hockey team is among the top five contenders, say
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): Former Indian men's hockey chief coach Roelant Oltmans believes India will be one of the strongest contenders for a medal at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
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Australian swimmer Kaylee McKeown shatters 100m backstroke world record at
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Adelaide [Australia], June 13 (ANI): Australian swimmer Kaylee McKeown broke American Regan Smith's world record in the 100m backstroke, clocking 57.45 seconds to win her Olympic Trials on Sunday.
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European Shooting C'ship: Stellar show by India's Pistol and Rifle Mixed T
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): India's Tokyo 2020 Olympic-bound 10M Pistol and Rifle Mixed Team pairs, put up stellar shows while participating in the Minimum Qualification Score (MQS) section of the events, at the ongoing European Shooting Championship in Osijek, Croatia, on Wednesday.
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Robot helps carry the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 6 (ANI): Day 13 of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 Torch Relay featured a robot helping to carry the Flame in Toyota, Japan on Tuesday.
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IOC congratulates Tokyo 2020 as Olympic Torch Relay gets underway in Japan
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], March 25 (ANI): The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday congratulated the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee on the start of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay, in Fukushima, Japan.
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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay begins in Fukushima
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Fukushima [Japan], March 25 (ANI): The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay kicked off in Fukushima on Thursday. It will travel through all of the country's 47 prefectures over the next 121 days before arriving in Tokyo for the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on July 23.
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Tokyo Olympic ceremonies chief Sasaki resigns over 'Olympig' remark
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], March 18 (ANI): The organising committee of the summer's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics said on Thursday it has accepted its creative director's offer to resign after he suggested a plus-size female celebrity dress as a pig for the opening ceremony.
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Hashimoto Seiko appointed new president of Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], February 18 (ANI): The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday welcomed the decision of the Tokyo 2020 Executive Board to appoint seven-time Olympian Hashimoto Seiko as the new president of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee.
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Rahi Sarnobat, Lakshay Sheoran and Rajeshwari Kumari win in National Shoot
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 13 (ANI): Asian Games champion and Tokyo 2020 Olympics quota holder Rahi Sarnobat of Maharashtra, stamped her authority over the women's 25m pistol event, winning the T1 trials at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting range on Wednesday.
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World Athletics amends rules governing shoe technology, Olympic qualificat
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Quai Antoine [Monaco], July 28 (ANI): World Athletics on Tuesday announced revisions to its rules governing shoe technology, designed to give certainty to athletes preparing for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and to preserve the integrity of the elite competition.
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