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Tokyo Olympics 2020: Acts of kindness abound at extraordinary Olympics
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A surfer jumps in to translate for the rival who had just beaten him. High-jumping friends agree to share a gold medal rather than move to a tiebreaker. Two runners fall in a tangle of legs, then help each other to the finish line.
In an extraordinary Olympic Games where mental health has been front and center, acts of kindness are everywhere. The world’s most competitive athletes have been captured showing gentleness and warmth to one another celebrating, pep-talking, wiping away one another’s tears of disappointment.
Kanoa Igarashi of Japan was disappointed when he lost to Brazilian Italo Ferreira on Tuesday last week in their sport’s Olympic debut.
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FILE - In this July 27, 2021, file photo, Claire Michel of Belgium is assisted by Lotte Miller of Norway after the finish of the women s individual triathlon competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo, Japan. In an extraordinary Olympic Games where mental health has been front and center, acts of kindness are everywhere. The world’s most competitive athletes have been captured showing gentleness and warmth to one another celebrating, pep-talking, wiping away each another’s tears of disappointment. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
TOKYO A surfer jumping in to translate for the rival who d just beaten him. High-jumping friends agreeing to share a gold medal rather than move to a tiebreaker. Two runners falling in a tangle of legs, then helping each other to the finish line.
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