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Day 2: Hosts start to pick up hardware, Australia sets a swimming record and early tennis exits
La Locomotora wins brutal mountainous course in sweltering conditions just a week after third place in Tour de France
Day one of the Games: China claims the first gold, men’s cycling takes off and Japan’s ‘King Kohei’ falls
Japan hopes to recapture the spirit of 1964, but the pandemic and unforced errors are taking a toll
Games under way after year’s delay, with stunning drone display and tennis player Naomi Osaka lighting the flame
Can you react faster than an Olympic athlete?
Daily saliva tests, tracking apps and tightly policed athletes’ village part of epic effort to reach the starting line
Which countries are under- or over-performing?
Organisers of future events must learn to factor in extreme weather and Covid-19
The Financial Times looks back at past encounters with nine Tokyo hopefuls
Latest scandal comes as ex-PM Shinzo Abe says he will not attend Friday’s opening ceremony
Team GB’s swimming phenomenon on what it takes to reach greatness in Tokyo — and beyond
Even if the Games had gone as planned, sponsorship fees may have been better spent elsewhere
Anxiety over strict rules requiring self-isolation after contact with Covid-infected person
Pandemic forced director Naomi Kawase to rethink approach as Olympic organisers faced PR battle
Tokyo 2020 forced to rewrite music after composer Keigo Oyamada quits over past comments about disabled
Games beset by rape allegation and bullying claims as athletes and officials forced to self-isolate
Organisers hope Rikako Ikee will generate enthusiasm for the games bogged down by Covid controversy
Japan’s government is spending billions on an event that no one can attend
Suga was right to ban spectators to what will be a stripped-back Games
Call from IOC boss Thomas Bach comes as sports stars join global campaign for racial and social injustice
French national Vincent Fichot has been battling Japan’s antiquated custody laws for three years
Intended to mark Japan’s economic revival but hit by the pandemic, the games have instead become a matter of survival
Incident will spark renewed local opposition to the games 10 days before opening ceremony
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