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Paralympic closing marks end of Tokyo's 8-year Olympic saga

  • The final act of the delayed Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics came Sunday, almost eight years to the day after the Japanese capital was awarded the Games. The Paralympics ended a 13-day run in a colorful, circus-like ceremony at the National Stadium overseen by Crown Prince Akishino, the brother of Emperor Naruhito. The Olympics closed almost a month ago.

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Meet Lebanese paralympic athlete Elissa Harik

STORY: Meet Lebanon's Elissa HarikShe's representing her country at the 2023 Special Olympics in Berlin this monthThe 29-year-old has Dandy-Walker Syndrome,a rare congenital defect that affects the brainShe started swimming at a young age and has since received numerous accoladesincluding a gold medal at the 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Abu Dhabi(Elissa Harik, Athlete)"If I am to talk about how excited I am, I may not finish, because I am excited about where I was and what I became. At one year old, I used to play in the water and now, I am standing in the first place carrying a medal."Harik is training three times a week ahead of the gamesThe Special Olympics will take place from June 17 to 25
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  • The Guardian

    Tokyo Olympics bribery scandal threatens to derail Winter Games bid

    Japanese official says corruption claims could damage Sapporo’s chances of hosting 2030 event

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  • Evening Standard

    CJ Ujah: British sprinter cleared of deliberately taking banned substance at Tokyo Olympics as ban cut

    Spinter CJ Ujah has been cleared of deliberately taking a banned substance following the failed drugs test which saw Great Britain’s men’s 4x100m relay team stripped of their Olympic silver medals last summer. Ujah tested positive for two banned substances - ostarine and S-23 - during the Tokyo Games, and was facing a possible four-year ban but has instead been hit with a reduced 22-month punishment after an investigation found the violation was “not intentional” and came as a result of a conta

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  • PA Media: Sport

    CJ Ujah banned for 22 months for failed drug test at Tokyo Olympics

    Britain lost their 4x100m silver medal from Tokyo when Ujah tested positive for two prohibited substances.

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  • The Independent

    Tokyo Olympics bribery arrests widens to third Japan sponsor

    Bribery allegations against a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member have ensnared a third company that sponsored the Games

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  • The Independent

    Tokyo Olympics sponsorship scandal widens with more arrests

    Bribery allegations against a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member are widening as Japanese prosecutors “re-arrested” Haruyuki Takahashi in a case involving suspected payments from a publisher which became a sponsor for the Games

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  • Associated Press

    Japan makes arrests on bribery suspicions in Tokyo Olympics

    A former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee board member and three people from a clothing company that was a surprise sponsor of the 2020 Games were arrested on bribery suspicions Wednesday. Haruyuki Takahashi, 78, a former executive at advertising company Dentsu, is suspected of receiving bribes from the former head of Aoki Holdings Inc. and two company employees, the prosecutors’ office said. Aoki, which produces “recruit suits” that youngsters fresh out of school wear for job interviews and

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  • The Independent

    Abe impersonated 'Super Mario' to promote Tokyo Olympics

    Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was the country’s central figure in landing the 2020 Olympics for Tokyo

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  • The Independent

    ‘The pressure eats you up inside’: Reece Prescod eyes redemption after disqualification at Tokyo Olympics

    <strong>Exclusive interview</strong>: The British sprinter returns at the British Indoor Championships this weekend after disqualification in the men’s 100m semi-finals

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  • The Telegraph

    GB gymnastics coach was blocked from going to Tokyo Olympics following abuse allegations

    A Great Britain gymnastics coach was blocked from going to the Olympics last year following abuse allegations made against her.

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  • Evening Standard

    Jack Buckner named new UK Athletics CEO after masterminding swimming’s Tokyo Olympics medal rush

    British Swimming boss Jack Buckner has been confirmed as the new CEO of UK Athletics. Buckner, a former world, European and Commonwealth medalist on the track, oversaw Team GB’s most successful Olympics in the pool, with Britain’s swimmers returning from Tokyo with eight medals including four golds. Buckner will be tasked with leading the sport’s recovery after a tumultuous period in which - as well as a dip in performances on the track - athletics has been hit by a series of scandals, financi

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