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Other Sport

Sky Brown eyes Olympics skateboarding and surfing spots after Tokyo heroics

‘I really want to get in for surfing and skating so I’m definitely concentrating on that,’ 13-year-old Sky Brown says of the Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 2028 Games.

26 Feb 2022 - 10:36AM

Hong Kong Olympians tipped to share athlete of year award in first for city

13 Nov 2021 - 10:00AM

Olympic champ Quan youngest name on Forbes China’s 30 under 30

17 Sep 2021 - 5:26PMvideocam

China

China closer to Tokyo relay bronze; Britain set to be stripped of silver

Medal would be first for China in the Olympic event, as case against British sprinter CJ Ujah goes to Court of Arbitration for Sport after B-sample shows banned substances.

15 Sep 2021 - 11:10AMvideocam

China’s Wu Zhiqiang competes during the men’s 4x100m relay final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Photo: Xinhua

East Asia

IOC suspends North Korea Olympic Committee for Tokyo Games no-show

The suspension will last until the end of 2022 and covers the coming Beijing Winter Olympics.

9 Sep 2021 - 9:53AMvideocam

Health & Environment

Japan counts Olympic waste cost after medical supplies and food discarded

Games organisers last week issued an apology for ‘mismanaging’ medical equipment that was stockpiled before being thrown away unused.

10 Sep 2021 - 7:53PMvideocam

China

Olympic trampoline champion crashes out of China National Games

Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Zhu Xueying misses individual final after mistake in preliminaries in Xi’an.

6 Sep 2021 - 1:29PM

China's Zhu Xueying competes in the women's final of the trampoline event during Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Photo: AFP

Hong Kong

2 medals on final day add silver lining to Paralympics for Hong Kong

Hong Kong doubles medal haul with silver and bronze in badminton on final day of Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

5 Sep 2021 - 10:45PM

Hong Kong

Chu Man-kai takes badminton silver after thrilling final against India’s Nagar

Chu led by five points in the opening game before the Indian launched a stirring fightback.

5 Sep 2021 - 3:11PM

Hong Kong

Daniel Chan Ho-yuen grabs badminton bronze for Hong Kong

Chan’s bronze medal is Hong Kong’s fourth of the Games

5 Sep 2021 - 12:17PM

Danel Chan Ho-yuen won Hong Kong’s fourth medal of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Photo: Reuters

Sport

Daniel Chan kicks off Paralympic gold medal run with convincing win

Hong Kong wheelchair badminton player Daniel Chan opens Tokyo Paralympics with straight sets victory.

2 Sep 2021 - 9:57PM

Daniel Chan has roared off to a great start at the Tokyo Paralympics. Photo: Hong Kong Paralympic Committee

Southeast Asia

Outrage after Malaysian shot putter stripped of Paralympic gold

Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli was allowed to compete in the F20 final on Tuesday despite being late and went on to win gold. But he was later disqualified, along with two other athletes.

2 Sep 2021 - 10:38AM

China

China’s Liu Jiayu sees gold medal – and toppling Chloe Kim – on her horizon

Snowboarding star Liu says the battle is with herself as she looks to improve on the silver medal she won in South Korea.

1 Sep 2021 - 9:32AM

China

Netizens critical as Chinese Olympic champ donates ‘peeling’ gold medal

Zhu Xueying’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games medal had gone viral after she shared images of it ‘peeling’ with online commenters asking why she donated a damaged medal to the Tianjin Sports Museum.

31 Aug 2021 - 6:37PMvideocam

The gold medal won by Chinese trampoline athlete Zhu Xueying at the Tokyo Olympic Games that sparked a discussion concerning the “quality” of the medals made for the recent Games. There is discolouration top left. Photo: Sina Weibo

China

Fans question injured Zhu Ting playing China National Games

Chinese women’s volleyball team star struggled with wrist injury in Tokyo as Rio 2016 champions crashed out of Olympic Games.

31 Aug 2021 - 1:20PM

Star player Zhu Ting of China reacts during the women's preliminary round pool B volleyball match between China and the Russian Olympic Committee at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Photo: Xinhua

Hong Kong

Olympics star Haughey ‘so glad’ to race with teammates despite injury

The 23-year-old recalls swimming the team relay with an injured hip and overcoming more than 30-hours-a-week training and feelings of isolation – ‘that’s what athletes are like’.

31 Aug 2021 - 10:24PMvideocam

China

Profile | China still looking for new Liu Xiang as Athens 2004 gold inspires 17 years on

Hurdler won China’s first Olympic gold medal in track and field with victory in 110m hurdles.

27 Aug 2021 - 5:35PMvideocam

Lifestyle & Culture

Why are there more female than male Olympic athletes from Hong Kong?

The number of female qualifiers from the city has increased from 11 in 1984 to 26 this year, while there have been fewer male competitors over the same period

11 Jul 2021 - 9:08AM

Hong Kong track cyclist Sarah Lee Wai-sze is a medal hope in Tokyo. Photo: Cycling Association of Hong Kong

Other Sport

Explainer | What happened to the stadiums and venues of past Olympic Games?

Many facilities built for the Olympics at great expense have been abandoned and left to rot but it’s not all bad news with several host cities having worked hard to ensure a positive post-Games legacy.

9 Jul 2021 - 1:21PMvideocam

Politics

Why Tokyo thinks its Olympics show must go on – even as Covid-19 booms

Pressure is mounting on Yoshihide Suga and the IOC to cancel the Games as Covid-19 infections soar in the Japanese capital, but the message from organisers is clear: these Games are happening.

16 May 2021 - 11:54AMvideocam

Politics

As Xi backs Tokyo Games, China hopes to avoid boycott of Beijing 2022

Is there more to China’s offers to jab athletes than simply showing solidarity to a fellow Olympics host?

17 May 2021 - 10:51AMvideocam

A giant Olympic rings monument at dusk in Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo. Photo: EPA

OPINION

Winston Mok

The View | East Asia’s Olympics results are a testament to a changing world

14 Aug 2024 - 9:30AM

Charles E. Morrison

Opinion | Time to share Olympic glory with the Global South

12 Aug 2024 - 5:30AM

Alex Lo

My Take | France’s ‘greenest ever’ Olympics may turn out to be the least green

27 Jul 2024 - 2:25AM

SCMP Editorial

Editorial | Games can shine for world badly in need of that Olympic spirit

27 Jul 2024 - 12:41AM

SCMP Editorial

Editorial | Hong Kong strikes gold with TV deal for Olympics

10 Apr 2024 - 6:15AM

SCMP Editorial

Editorial | Final lap of honour for Hong Kong’s Sarah Lee

8 Jun 2023 - 6:15AM