Jacques Jean Marie Rogge was born on May 2, 1942, in Ghent, Belgium, to Charles and Suzanne Rogge. His father was an engineer, and his mother was a homemaker. He learned from his father the sailing skills that would later take him to the Olympics. “My father sailed, and kids
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Our Photographers’ Favorite Olympic Images
Over the last several weeks, a team of New York Times photographers sought to capture every aspect of the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Doug Mills I was leaving the morning swim events and was all packed up and walking along the pool deck. I was looking at the other end
The best way to Watch and Stream the Olympic Closing Ceremony
The main points of the Tokyo Olympics closing ceremony are carefully guarded earlier than it begins. And the coronavirus pandemic has modified so much. However primarily based on the closing ceremonies of the latest previous, we will nonetheless safely predict a few of what we’ll see beginning at 8 p.m.
Tokyo’s Olympic Bubble? Wait Until You See Beijing’s.
BEIJING — Guards in biohazard fits, able to cease anybody from leaving. Athletes giving interviews from behind plastic partitions, talking by means of microphones. All-day armpit thermometers, with tiny transmitters to sound the alarm ought to somebody develop a fever. With the Winter Olympics in Beijing simply six months away,
How Did They Make the Olympic Rings Throughout the Closing Ceremony?
How might alternative ways can the Olympic rings be displayed? Let’s see, you possibly can do it with flame, luminescent shapes, costumed performers, fireworks … yeah these have all been completed. With the Video games coming each two years (uh, often), authentic concepts have to be onerous to give you.
Eliud Kipchoge Defends Olympic Marathon Title, Securing His Legacy
Eliud Kipchoge, 36, of Kenya received his second consecutive Olympic marathon on Sunday in 2 hours 8 minutes 38 seconds, reaffirming his standing as the best runner in historical past over the space of 26.2 miles. He completed 80 seconds forward of the silver medalist, Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands,
Eliud Kipchoge Gained the Males's Olympic Marathon
Eliud Kipchoge, 36, of Kenya gained his second consecutive Olympic marathon on Sunday in 2 hours 8 minutes 38 seconds, reaffirming his standing as the best runner in historical past over the space of 26.2 miles. He completed 80 seconds forward of the silver medalist, Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands,
Can Tokyo Olympic Champions Beat Previous Olympic Champions?
Caeleb Dressel gained 5 gold medals on the Tokyo Olympics, a feat achieved by solely three different U.S. swimmers. However how do his occasions evaluate in opposition to previous Olympic champions? Katie Ledecky added two extra gold medals to her trophy case this summer season, giving her 10 Olympic medals
Sifan Hassan Gained Gold within the 10,000 Meters, Her Third Olympic Medal
TOKYO — On the finish of 24,500 meters of arduous operating in six races over 9 days, Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands stood alone earlier than tumbling to the observe, disbelief etched throughout her face. On Saturday, Hassan gained the ladies’s 10,000 meters on the Tokyo video games to tug
Workforce U.S.A. Triumphs Over France in Olympic Basketball Remaining
SAITAMA, Japan — It was not all the time fairly, however ultimately, the USA males’s basketball group ascended to the heights they had been all the time anticipated to succeed in. Overcoming a gradual begin to the Olympic match, the People dispatched France, 87-82, with relative consolation within the last