# tokyo-2020 - Sunday 10 January, 2021
# Tokyo 2020
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# Tokyo 2020
Tokyo 2020 organisers are insisting the Games will go ahead this year.
# tokyo-2020 - Sunday 8 November, 2020
# Slalom Success
# Slalom Success
The canoeist today earned Ireland’s first-ever World Cup gold medal in the C1 class.
# tokyo-2020 - Thursday 24 September, 2020
# Tokyo 2020
# Tokyo 2020
Tour de France “showed to the world that we can organise safe sport events even without a vaccine”, says Thomas Bach.
# tokyo-2020 - Friday 24 July, 2020
# Choppy
# Choppy
‘I had to sit here by myself, worrying my butt off about them making it through, that they were okay.’
# tokyo-2020 - Sunday 19 July, 2020
# Athletics
# Athletics
Scullion had announced his retirement with a short tweet on Saturday night.
# tokyo-2020 - Wednesday 13 May, 2020
# Switch
# Switch
The cyclist was born near Aylesbury but her family moved to Dingle, Co Kerry, when she was 18 months old.
# tokyo-2020 - Friday 3 April, 2020
# Column
# Column
Mark Downey on the life of an athlete under lockdown, featuring Fortnite, scones and childhood memories.
# tokyo-2020 - Friday 27 March, 2020
# Olympic Dream
# Olympic Dream
The Olympics have been pushed back due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
# tokyo-2020 - Wednesday 25 March, 2020
# Interview
# Interview
Sanita Puspure on how the dramatic change of plans have impacted on her.
# tokyo-2020 - Tuesday 24 March, 2020
# Tokyo 2020
# Tokyo 2020
Olympic Federation of Ireland says postponement is ‘the right call given the times that we are in’.
# tokyo-2020 - Monday 23 March, 2020
# Tokyo 2020
# Tokyo 2020
Dick Pound says the IOC will postpone the Tokyo Olympics and then deal with the “immense” ramifications of putting the Games back.
# Tokyo 2020
# Tokyo 2020
The uncertainty amidst the Covid-19 pandemic continues.
# tokyo-2020 - Sunday 22 March, 2020
# Tokyo 2020
# Tokyo 2020
Athletes from several sports have criticised the IOC’s advice that they continue to prepare for the Games “as best they can”.
# tokyo-2020 - Friday 20 March, 2020
# Pandemic
# Pandemic
Ayeisha McFerran and Judy Reynolds tell The42 about how their preparations for the Games have been disrupted.
# tokyo-2020 - Thursday 19 March, 2020
# Irish Interest
# Irish Interest
The Olympic Federation of Ireland released a lengthy statement this evening.
# Uncertainty
# Uncertainty
Olympian and current secretary of the European Olympic Committee Athletes Commission, David Harte, speaks to The42.
# tokyo-2020 - Tuesday 17 March, 2020
# Tokyo 2020
# Tokyo 2020
Irish Olympian Sonia O’Sullivan is in favour of the Games being rescheduled for 2021.
# Concern
# Concern
Karate star Caradh O’Donovan wants more athletes to speak up.
# tokyo-2020 - Monday 16 March, 2020
# Omnishambles
# Omnishambles
The decision comes less than 24 hours after the IOC’s Boxing Task Force moved the competition behind closed doors.
# tokyo-2020 - Saturday 14 March, 2020
# Road To Tokyo
# Road To Tokyo
Belgian was on the opposite side of the 60kg draw to Kellie Harrington.
# tokyo-2020 - Tuesday 10 March, 2020
# Box On
# Box On
The IOC says its Boxing Task Force will continue to consult with its medical professionals and will adhere to any advice from relevant national health institutions.
# tokyo-2020 - Saturday 7 March, 2020
# Improvement
# Improvement
It’s been a week to remember for track cyclist Lydia Gurley and her team-mate Lydia Boylan, following their success at the World Championships.
# tokyo-2020 - Tuesday 3 March, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Seiko Hashimoto told Japanese parliament that the government’s contract with the IOC could allow a delay to Tokyo 2020 due to the coronavirus.
# tokyo-2020 - Sunday 1 March, 2020
# Progress
# Progress
It’s been a day to remember for Felix English and Mark Downey.
# tokyo-2020 - Wednesday 26 February, 2020
# Road To Tokyo
# Road To Tokyo
‘I came back from Kenya and ran 35 seconds faster than I’ve ever run for a 5k,’ said the Kilkenny man, whose season begins in Cairo today.
# Shipping Up
# Shipping Up
A strong Wednesday saw Murphy break into the top five overall, with Howth’s Hopkins joining her in the Gold Fleet.
# tokyo-2020 - Tuesday 25 February, 2020
# Into The Storm
# Into The Storm
The weather once again wreaked havoc on sailing in Melbourne, but it couldn’t stop the 2016 Olympic silver medallist.
# Countdown Clock
# Countdown Clock
The countdown is well and truly on to the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
# tokyo-2020 - Sunday 23 February, 2020
# Road To Tokyo
# Road To Tokyo
Seaward joins Paul Pollock and Stephen Scullion as Tokyo 2020 qualifiers.
# tokyo-2020 - Friday 21 February, 2020
# Shock
# Shock
The Bray man cited financial reasons, and his not being selected for March’s Tokyo 2020 qualifiers, as cause to hang up his gloves.
# tokyo-2020 - Wednesday 5 February, 2020
# Tokyo 2020
# Tokyo 2020
IOC officials say they have ‘full confidence’ that the situation can be addressed.
# tokyo-2020 - Tuesday 4 February, 2020
# Sport's Tainted Sole
# Sport's Tainted Sole
Irish Olympian Fionnuala McCormack vents her frustration as the governing body allow Nike’s controversial Vaporflys to be used in Tokyo.
# tokyo-2020 - Sunday 26 January, 2020
# Tennis
# Tennis
Meanwhile, Novak Djokovic remains on course for a record-extending eighth Australian Open title.
# tokyo-2020 - Monday 20 January, 2020
# Bound For Tokyo
# Bound For Tokyo
The 31-year-old Belfast man knocked nine seconds off his personal best to seal Tokyo qualification in Texas.
# tokyo-2020 - Sunday 19 January, 2020
# Looking Ahead
# Looking Ahead
Chris and Sean McCarthy are two of Irish karate’s best prospects, and they aim to qualify for this year’s Olympics.
# tokyo-2020 - Sunday 29 December, 2019
# One Step At A Time
# One Step At A Time
Brendan Boyce talks to The42 about the rigours of his craft and his hopes for Tokyo 2020.
# The Accidental Dream
# The Accidental Dream
Darragh Greene started swimming competitively after he broke his leg in fourth year, and now he’s set to represent Ireland at the 2020 Olympics.
# tokyo-2020 - Tuesday 24 December, 2019
# Journey
# Journey
Nicole Turner on growing up with dwarfism and winning a bronze medal at the World Championships earlier this year.
# tokyo-2020 - Saturday 21 December, 2019
# Jack's The Lad
# Jack's The Lad
Dubliner makes history as the first Irish taekwondo athlete to qualify for the Olympics.
# tokyo-2020 - Friday 20 December, 2019
# Dominant Force
# Dominant Force
The Latvian-born rower won her second successive World gold in the summer, and also qualified for the Tokyo Olympics.
