Olympics 2020
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Canada welcomes Olympians home after record-breaking 2020 gamesThe athletes spent more than two weeks in Japan competing while overcoming numerous obstacles to bring in the country's highest medal count at a non-boycotted Games.CanadaAug 12, 2021
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Belarus officials removed from Tokyo Olympics after trying to send sprinter homeThe Belarus athletics head coach and a team official have been taken out of the athletes' village following the furore over sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya.WorldAug 6, 2021
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Belarusian Olympian Krystsina Tsimanouskaya says punishment awaited her back homeSeveral countries offered to help Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, and Poland granted her a humanitarian visa Monday. She plans to fly to Warsaw later in the week.WorldAug 3, 2021
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IOC probing case of Belarusian sprinter, awaiting report from country’s Olympic bodyKrystsina Tsimanouskaya took refuge in the Polish embassy in Tokyo on Monday, a day after refusing her team's orders to board a flight home from the Olympic Games.WorldAug 3, 2021
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Olympian Krystsina Tsimanouskaya seeks asylum in Poland amid standoff with BelarusThe current standoff apparently began after Tsimanouskaya criticized how officials were managing her team — setting off a massive backlash in state-run media back home.WorldAug 2, 2021
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Tokyo’s daily COVID-19 infections hit record high as Olympics continueAmid intensifying concerns, Olympics organizers said Saturday they had revoked accreditation of a Games-related person or people for leaving the athletes' village for sightseeing.HealthJul 31, 2021
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Japan expands state of emergency to 4 other areas as Tokyo Olympics continueJapan reported 10,687 cases Thursday, exceeding 10,000 for the first time. It has recorded 15,166 fatalities from COVID-19, including 2,288 in Tokyo, since the pandemic began.WorldJul 30, 2021
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Tokyo heading towards ‘explosive expansion’ in COVID-19 cases as Olympics continueNationwide, Japan reported more than 9,500 confirmed cases, also a record, on Wednesday for a total of about 892,000, with about 15,000 deaths.WorldJul 29, 2021
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Will the Olympics set the world back in its fight against COVID-19? Experts weigh inThe Olympic Games, which began last Friday and end on Aug. 8, is taking place at a time where the host city has been seeing a rise in infections for weeks.WorldJul 28, 2021
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Tokyo sets new record in COVID-19 cases with Olympics underwayThe new cases exceeded the earlier record of 2,848 set the previous day and brought the total for the Japanese capital to 206,745 since the pandemic began.WorldJul 28, 2021
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