The face, and the voice, of the Tokyo Olympics, and all they’re about, could very well be found a 25-year-old American shot putter Raven Saunders.
Day: August 1, 2021
New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is nearly twice the average age of her Tokyo 2020 competitors. Having shifted 285 kg in qualifying, she is also one of the strongest in the field.
Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim added Olympic gold to his list of accolades in the men’s high jump in Tokyo on Sunday — and persuaded organizers to let him share it with his friend and rival, Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi.
Norbert Stemmer and his mother rushed over to Canada from Germany after finding out his nephews died in the Kelowna crane collapse, but now they’re stuck in quarantine despite being fully vaccinated and showing negative PCR tests.
Today Canada marks Emancipation Day, the anniversary of the official abolition of slavery in Canada in 1834; this year is the first time that this significant date is commemorated nationally