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Tokyo Olympics: Denmark’s ‘golden dragon’ is using Mandarin to build bridges in China
Viktor Axelsen might have a claim that he is the best badminton player in the world, and he could probably do it in Mandarin.
11 Aug 2021 - 11:54AM
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Who is Sarah Lee? From an anaemic youth to world champion
8 Aug 2021 - 11:27AM
Who is Hong Kong’s Olympic karate contender Grace Lau?
5 Aug 2021 - 9:19PM
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Who is China’s history-making heptathlete Zheng Ninali?
The 22-year-old makes history with PB in heptathlon 100m hurdles, three years after bagging Commonwealth Games silver for Canada.
4 Aug 2021 - 9:32PM
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China’s Zheng Ninali competes in the heptathlon high jump during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium. Zheng is China’s first naturalised Olympian. Photo: AFP
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US diver Jordan Windle’s journey from Cambodian orphanage to Olympics
Windle, 22, credits his adoptive father with helping him achieve his Olympic dream – he and Jerry, who is gay, even co-wrote a book on the challenges they faced.
4 Aug 2021 - 11:51AM
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Who is Hong Kong Olympic silver medallist Siobhan Haughey?
Now one of the world’s best freestyle specialists, Haughey’s showing at the Tokyo Olympics is proof that Hongkongers are capable of reaching the top.
4 Aug 2021 - 2:24PM
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Who is Hong Kong Olympic gold medallist Cheung Ka-long?
A former Asian and junior world champion, newly crowned Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games gold medallist Edgar Cheung Ka-long has always dreamed of contesting the best.
16 Jul 2024 - 7:50AM
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Angelina Jolie hears how Syrian refugee Olympian swam for 3½ hours
The Hollywood star and UNHCR special envoy takes part in a virtual chat with Syrian swimmer Yusra Mardini, Paralympian Abbas Karimi and runner Anjelina Nadai Lohalith.
19 Jul 2021 - 5:24PM
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie chats with Olympic refugee swimmer Yusra Mardini, from Syria, about her struggles. Photo: Time 100
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Who is ‘Mama’ Tegla Loroupe? The ‘mother’ of all Olympic refugees
The 48-year-old former marathon world record-holder realised early in her career that refugee athletes were denied the freedom to compete, so she vowed to help them.
19 Jul 2021 - 9:18AM
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Eumir Marcial boxing in the shadow of Manny Pacquiao
Filipino boxer Eumir Marcial hopes to bring glory to the Philippines with gold medal at Tokyo 2020.
12 Jul 2021 - 3:39PM
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Who is Malaysia’s Azizulhasni ‘Pocket Rocketman’ Awang?
The 33-year-old is defined by graphic images of a 20cm piece of wood protruding through his left leg during a track cycling event in Manchester in 2011.
6 Jul 2021 - 8:00AM
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Who is 2.2-metre tall Filipino basketball prodigy Kai Sotto?
How the 19-year-old giant Kai Sotto went from playing barefoot against construction workers in the streets to playing in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
5 Jul 2021 - 2:40PM
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Filipino men’s national team basketball player Kai Sotto in a match against South Korea at the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 qualifiers at the Angeles City Foundation Gym, the Philippines in June. Photo: EPA
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Why is history-making gymnast Simone Biles so good?
From her difficult childhood, to winning four Olympic golds, to successfully landing the Yurchenko double pike, here’s what you need to know about the 1.42-metre American.
4 Jul 2021 - 3:26PM
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Did Singapore’s Joseph Schooling qualify for Tokyo 2020?
Singaporean swim star Joseph Schooling looks to grab a second gold medal in the 100-metre butterfly at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
2 Jul 2021 - 3:19PM
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Who is legendary Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake?
From promising youth cricketer to multiple-time track gold medallist, ‘Beast’ Yohan Blake explains why he would ‘rather miss the Olympics than take a vaccine’.
30 Jun 2021 - 4:46PM
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Is Ma Long the greatest table tennis player of all time?
Chinese table tennis superstar Ma Long has a chance to make history at Tokyo 2020.
30 Jun 2021 - 9:02AM
China’s Ma Long can shoot for table tennis immortality at Tokyo 2020. Photo: Xinhua
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Who is Shoma Sato? From smashing Asian record to becoming a Frog King
The 20-year-old swim star has arrived on the scene, smashing the Japanese record in the 200-metre breaststroke.
29 Jun 2021 - 1:22PM
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International Rugby
Who are reigning Olympic rugby sevens champions Fiji?
Will the ‘Flying Fijians’ defend their 2016 Rio Games crown and earn the country’s second-ever Olympic medal?
28 Jun 2021 - 8:00AM
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Who is Japan’s mixed-race basketball star Rui Hachimura?
The 23-year-old Washington Wizards player went from trying to hide his mixed-race identity as a child to becoming the NBA’s only Japanese first-round draft pick.
27 Jun 2021 - 6:37PM
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Who is British diver and Olympian Tom Daley?
Briton Tom Daley, who competed at his first Olympics at the age of 14, gets set for his fourth Games this summer at Tokyo 2020.
27 Jun 2021 - 2:00PM
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Soon to be four-time Olympian Tom Daley will get another chance to add to his illustrious career at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Photo: AFP
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Who are Japan’s Olympic Games rugby teams and can they win gold?
The Brave Blossoms hope to repeat their stunning 2016 Rio Olympic Games outing, while the Sakura Sevens search for improvements and recognition.
24 Jun 2021 - 1:46PM
Golf
Who is Yuka Saso? Meet the teen US Women’s Open champion
Dual citizen of Japan and Philippines is a fan of Rory McIlroy, who told her to go out and win the trophy.
7 Jun 2021 - 2:18PM
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