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2021 Tokyo Olympics

Coverage of the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan – from the opening ceremony held on Friday, July 23 to Sunday, August 8.

The long reach of Belarus’s repression

By Jen Kirby
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How Olympic divers make the perfect tiny splash

By Edward Vega
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Why the “wolf turn” is such a big deal

By Antonella Crescimbeni

Will the Tokyo Olympics be a superspreader event?

By Dylan Scott

America’s mental health moment is finally here

By Anna North

Why Simone Biles withdrew from the Olympic gymnastic women’s team finals

By Alex Abad-Santos
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Why the 400m hurdles is one of the hardest Olympic races

By Kimberly Mas

Our bodies can adapt to hotter conditions — but there’s a limit

By Brian Resnick

The Simone Biles scoring controversy, explained

By Alex Abad-Santos

How to become an Olympic sport

By Emily St. James

Gymnastics still hasn’t fully reckoned with its abuse problem

By Anna North

The Olympics are stuck in the 1980s on marijuana

By German Lopez

Tokyo’s Olympic Village will be very vaccinated

By Jen Kirby

The complicated politics of a Beijing 2022 boycott

By Jen Kirby

The Olympics’ Covid-19 dilemma

By Jen Kirby

Tokyo 2021? The decision to postpone the Summer Olympics, explained.

By Jen Kirby