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2020 Tokyo Olympics Primetime + Day 11 FFAO
8pm EDT, and the live events run from approx
9am-10pm JST, 1am-2pm BST, 8pm-9am EDT, and 5pm-6am PDT.
We d list out all the stars you ll see in primetime at the #TokyoOlympics on Monday, but we only have 280 characters.
Primetime includes: Beach Volleyball [live] (8-9pm EDT), Gymnastics (9:30-10pm), Track and Field [live] (9-9:30pm, 10-11:30pm)
Live events include: Artistic Gymnastics, Artistic Swimming, Athletics, Baseball, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Boxing, Canoe Sprint, Cycling Track, Diving, Equestrian,
Soccer Football, Handball, Hockey, Sailing, Sport Climbing, Table Tennis, Volleyball, Water Polo, Weightlifting, Wrestling
Medals in: Artistic Gymnastics (men s parallel bars, women s balance beam, men s horizontal bar), Athletics (women s long jump, men s 400m hurdles, men s pole vault, women s hammer throw, women s 800m, women s 200m), Boxing (men s feather, men s heavy, women s feather, men s welter), Canoe Sprint (women s
At The Olympics, Sport Climbing Is Full Of Unknowns For Athletes And Fans
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Updated August 2, 2021 at 8:03 PM ET
For the first time ever, climbers will compete for Olympic gold as Sport Climbing makes its Olympic debut at Tokyo s Aomi Urban Sports Park. It s a big deal for a sport with outdoor roots that has only recently achieved mainstream popularity through a combination of indoor gyms, climbers social media accounts, and TV shows and movies like
American Ninja Warrior and the Academy Award winning documentary
Free Solo.
But even those who follow climbing aren t quite sure what to expect this week. When the IOC announced Sport Climbing for the 2020 Games, climbing competitions had never been run as a combined event. Climbers widely recognized as the best in the world for their extraordinarily difficult outdoor climbs were thrown a curve ball speed climbing.
“One should never be afraid to lose, this is sport.”
Doing well in the Olympics does more for a nation’s mental health than any amount of politicking or dull economics numbers. Time for the UK to learn from success and do even more to broaden access as the Disruptive Tokyo Games highlights the opportunities!
I’m afraid there won’t be a lot of insights on markets, or facts about equity and bond valuations this morning. Instead, I’m wondering about sport and some of the extraordinary things we’ve been watching from the Tokyo Olympics – and what it might mean for the UK in particular.
Olympic Sport Climbing Is Changing The Game For Competition Climbing : Live Updates: The Tokyo Olympics : NPR npr.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from npr.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.