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Jake Wightman relieved to get Team GB ‘lifeline’ for what could be last Olympics

The 29-year-oldhas been chosen to run the 800m in Paris after battling to return from injury.

The Independent UK

Keely Hodgkinson: Team GB’s 800m star embracing favourite tag at Paris 2024 Olympics

Hodgkinson is the favourite for gold in the women’s 800m having won silver in Tokyo

The Independent UK

Keely Hodgkinson heading to Olympics with point to prove as she eyes top prize

Hodgkinson won 800 metres silver in Tokyo as a 19-year-old

The Independent UK

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Asian Markets Down As Traders Eye US Jobs Report

Japanese markets started higher before seeing early gains erased on Friday with Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei 225 index briefly hitting a record high, as traders prepared for a key US jobs report.

International Business Times

Martin soaks up Olympic fame on path to Paris

Logan Martin has some tricks up his sleeve for his Olympic freestyle BMX defence while Natalya Diehm has overcome six knee surgeries to earn her spot.

AAP

'We have to be wacky.' With suggestive poses and pets, election campaigning tests Tokyo's patience

Tokyo elects a new governor this weekend, but residents say personal publicity stunts have overtaken serious campaigning to a degree never seen before

The Independent UK

Kye Whyte wants to push kids ‘to get off their consoles’ and become more active

Whyte is involved in the ‘Path to Paris’ challenge which encourages kids to form teams and map their own interactive route to the Games.

The Independent UK

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Olympic BMX champion Beth Shriever treating Paris 2024 as ‘clean slate’

Since becoming Olympic champion in Tokyo three years ago, Shriever has twice become world champion and also claimed a European crown.

The Independent UK

Aman Residences Tokyo float high above the Japanese capital

Aman Residences Tokyo, Aman Group’s first standalone branded residences, feature dramatic yet serene interiors by Yabu Pushelberg

Wallpaper

Four climbers named in Great Britain squad for Paris Olympics

The GB climbing team was represented by only Shauna Coxsey in Tokyo three years ago.

The Independent UK

Cycling at the Paris 2024 Olympics

The latest updates and news from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Cycling Weekly

Women's sevens team out to pen happy Olympic tale

The Australian women's rugby sevens team is ready to make up for their loss at the Tokyo Olympic Games after finishing fifth in 2021.

AAP

Generations collide as Aussie skaters chase Paris gold

A nine-strong Australian skateboarding team will carry genuine medal hopes when they head to Paris for the sport's second Olympic instalment.

AAP

'Superhuman' para-athletes look to bounce back in Paris

After falling down the medal tally at the 2021 Games in Tokyo, the Australian Paralympic team believes they are "one of the strongest" to represent the country.

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The Independent UK

Returning Olympians Bryony Pitman and Tom Hall lead full quota of GB archers

The duo competed in Tokyo in 2021.

The Guardian - AU

Life at the heart of Japan’s lonely deaths epidemic: ‘I would be lying if I said I wasn’t worried’

Some 68,000 people are expected to die alone and unnoticed in Japan this year, police say, as the population continues to age

Fortune

Not David vs. Goliath: Japan and Korea are making startups work with large conglomerates in a twist on the Silicon Valley model

Japan and South Korea believe that startups and large conglomerates work better when they work together.

Al Jazeera

Paris 2024 Olympics 100m: Farzaneh Fasihi – Iran’s record-breaking sprinter

Fasihi can outrun just about anything, but her Olympic journey has been complicated and inspiring in equal measure.

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The Guardian - UK

Capitalism, optimism and diversity: how 80s musical Starlight Express changed my life

Johny Pitts recounts how Starlight Express has been a thread in his life that also charts his changing perception of the world

The Independent UK

Chelsie Giles among five-strong Team GB judo squad for Paris 2024

The 27-year-old has become European champion and won world silver since Tokyo 2020.

Wallpaper

How the Arc’teryx Tokyo Creation Centre is all about craft, openness and cross-pollination

Arc’teryx launches its Tokyo Creation Centre, a hub for craftsmanship designed by Torafu Architects, embodying the brand's ethos

The Independent UK

Simone Biles hopes to dazzle at US Olympic gymnastic trials in Minneapolis ahead of Paris games

Biles shocked sports world by pulling back from competition during Tokyo Olympics, but is in fine form heading into Paris

The Independent UK

Amber Rutter eyes Olympic shooting gold just three months after giving birth

Rutter gave birth to son Tommy earlier this year and plans to spend five days in Paris to compete before heading home

The Independent UK

Japan protests sex assault cases involving US military on Okinawa and their delayed disclosure

Japan’s government has protested to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo over at least two sexual assault cases involving American servicemembers on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa which have only recently been made public

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Tourist Documents Struggle To Check In After Robots Don’t Seem To Speak English

“I’d run away and leave everything behind... you can send it to me by mail. But I’d look for another hotel. How awful!” a TikTok user commented about the intimidating humanoids. The post Tourist Documents Struggle To Check In After Robots Don’t Seem To Speak English first appeared on Bored…

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