Tokyo 2020

— 20 August 2021

The challenge is about to be immense

The Tokyo Olympics have been a challenge for Japanese organisers, but the Paralympic Games are set to be even more difficult. With four days to go, the sanitary situation... Lire la suite »

— 20 August 2021

Judoka expelled for assault

The Tokyo Paralympic Games have already lost one athlete. The organising committee announced on Friday, August 20th, that it had withdrawn the accreditation of a Georgian judoka, Zviad Gogotchuri,... Lire la suite »

— 20 August 2021

The Agitos have arrived in the bay

With just four days to go until the opening ceremony, the Tokyo Paralympic Games took on an even more concrete dimension on Friday, August 20th. A flame was lit... Lire la suite »

— 19 August 2021

With WeThe15, the Paralympic movement thinks big and far

Will the Tokyo Paralympic Games change society’s view of people with disabilities? Five days before the opening ceremony of the Paralympics (August 24th to September 5th), the IPC hopes... Lire la suite »

— 19 August 2021

The Emperor of Japan will attend the opening

He attended the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games on Friday, July 23rd. He will do the same for the Paralympic Games. The press agency of the Imperial... Lire la suite »

— 19 August 2021

First COVID case in the Paralympic Village

History keeps repeating itself. On Thursday, August 19th, the Tokyo Games organisers announced that they had recorded the first COVID-19 case in the athletes’ village. The identity of the... Lire la suite »

— 18 August 2021

Over 51,000 visitors came from abroad

The Japanese were expecting it: the absence of foreign spectators reduced the tourism impact of the Tokyo 2020 Games a lot. But it was not insignificant either. According to... Lire la suite »

— 18 August 2021

Thomas Bach at the Paralympic Games

Thomas Bach is not finished with the Tokyo Games. According to the Kyodo News agency, citing anonymous sources, the IOC President will make another trip to the Japanese capital... Lire la suite »

— 18 August 2021

Eighteen new cases linked to the Paralympic Games

The Paralympics are not yet underway, but with less than a week to go before they start, the number of COVID-19 cases linked to the event keeps rising. According... Lire la suite »

— 17 August 2021

China is preparing its sanitary bubble, six months before the Beijing Games

Worrying. With 170 days to go before the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, which is less than six months away, China continues to cancel all the... Lire la suite »