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President Vladimir Putin addresses Russian athletes who won a medal at the 2022 Beijing winter Olympics games, after receiving them at the Kremlin Palace. IMAGES
Sao Paulo / Rio de Janeiro / Brasilia, Aug 7 (EFE).- The trio of silver medals won by Brazilian skateboarders at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo has fueled a craze for the sport in their homeland.Only host nation Japan did better than Brazil in the debut of skateboarding as an Olympic discipline, grabbing five of the 12 medals available across the four events.Kelvin Hoefler and Pedro Barros took silver in the men's street and men's park events, respectively, but Rayssa Leal's second-place finish in the women's street competition has had the biggest impact in Brazil. (Camera: WALLACE CARVALHO/ JANAÍNA QUINET/ ALEX MIRKHAN).B-ROLL OF PEOPLE SKATEBOARDING IN SAO PAULO, RIO DE JANEIRO AND BRASILIA, BRAZIL.
Madrid, Jul 28 (EFE).- Spanish taekwondo silver medalist Adriana Cerezo and mountain-bike bronze medalist David Valer arrived home Wednesday from Tokyo Olympics, as family, friends and supporters awaited to greet them. (Camera: RAMON AYALA).SHOT LIST: SPANISH MEDALISTS FROM 2020 SUMMER OLYMPICS ARRIVE AT BARAJAS AIRPORT, IN MADRID, SPAIN.
Manila, May 28 (EFE/EPA).- Philippine athletes bound for the Tokyo Olympics and Southeast Asian Games were vaccinated against COVID-19 Friday. The Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics were rescheduled to take place between Jul. 23 and Aug. 8, 2021 while the Southeast Asian Games will be hosted by Vietnam between Nov. 21 and Dec. 2, 2021. (Camera: FRANCIS MALASIG).SHOT LIST: PHILIPPINE ATHLETES RECEIVE A DOSE OF COVID-19 VACCINE INSIDE A HOTEL TURNED INTO A VACCINATION CENTER IN MANILA, PHILIPPINES.
Tokyo (Japan), Mar 25 (EFE).- The decision to postpone the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by one year has been received by the Japanese with mixed feelings of resignation, hope and doubts about whether this long-awaited international sports tournament will really happen in 2021. (Camera: DEMÓFILO PELÁEZ).FOOTAGE SHOWS B-ROLLS OF A PARK OUTSIDE THE TOKYO OLYMPIC STADIUM IN TOKYO AND AN INTERVIEW WITH JAPANESE PEOPLE REGARDING THE POSTPONEMENT OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES.SOUNDBITES: NARUMI KINOSHITA, KOICHI HASHIMOTO AND YURIKO IKEDA (IN JAPANESE)TRANSLATIONS: 1.) Narumi Kinoshita: I think it is right that they made the decision at the moment. Although the postponement could affect the Games, I hope they can prepare well from now on ... I think it is a pity that it has to be postponed, but I think that we can all adapt to this change and make a good Olympic Games (00:06-00:21).2.) Koichi Hashimoto: For an athlete, waiting one more year will be very hard. Even if they are classified, they will not be able to maintain their motivation. I do not know if there will still be problems with the coronavirus in a year, I think it all depends on whether they can have the new medicine or not. It is a real pity that the Olympics has been postponed (00:28-00:49).3-) Yuriko Ikeda: Although we cannot rule out the fact that there could be other problems next year, but since this is the case, I hope that the atmosphere for the Games in 2021 will be just as lively. (00:565-01:07).I think they should have made the decision earlier because they knew it was going to be like that. The torch is here in Japan and I don't understand why it couldn't have been decided earlier. (01:13-01:24).
The official mascots for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games wer unveiled in the Japanese capital of Tokyo on Wednesday on stage in front of nearly 600 excited students at an elementary school in Tokyo's Shinagawa ward. The Olympic mascot is blue and white while the Paralympic mascot is pink and white. Both are chequered, doe-eyed and have pointy ears and are based on futuristic superheroes with ‘special powers’.
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