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Nightmare scenario emerging: 2 athletes in #Tokyo2020 Olympic Village test positive for #COVID19, making 3 cases in total in Village (including 1 non-athlete). Also, 3 members of S. African soccer delegation tested positive. By @myhlee washingtonpost.com/sports/olympic…
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#Tokyo2020 so toxic that sponsors are backing away. Toyota will not air Olympics-related TV commercials & CEO won't attend opening. "The Olympics is becoming an event that has not gained the public's understanding," the Daily Yomiuri reported HT @bobmackin reuters.com/lifestyle/spor…
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#Tokyo2020 Olympic power-brokers say they want to celebrate Olympic athletes. One of the International Olympic Committee's slogans is "Athletes First." Not sure how making Olympians swim through putrid water fits with those principles. @Quicktake
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"The Olympics is the last thing we should be having in the middle of the #COVID19 pandemic...The Olympics...must be stopped."
-Dr. @aokima33 of Japan Women's Medical Association 医師・公益社団法人日本女医会理 HT @tkatsumi06j
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Anti-Olympics protests across Tokyo all day on 23 July in various locations. Follow @hangorinnokai for all the details. 明日7/23㈮五輪は中止だ！抗議アクション
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"The Olympics is the last thing we should be having in the middle of the #COVID19 pandemic...The Olympics...must be stopped."
-Dr. @aokima33 of Japan Women's Medical Association 医師・公益社団法人日本女医会理 HT @tkatsumi06j
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My latest for @latimes: The #Tokyo2020 Games have been a cascade of calamities. The saga has exposed an IOC that disrespects the will of locals, brushes off inconvenient concerns of experts, & prioritizes its profits over all else. LA, are you watching? latimes.com/opinion/story/…
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Protests against the #Tokyo2020 Olympics kicking off soon in Tokyo. Follow @hangorinnokai @ikeitani for the latest! twitter.com/JulesBoykoff/s…
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"#Tokyo2020 created discrimination & violence far beyond imagination. Terrible human rights violations & the destruction of democracy were structurally brought about by the #Olympics. Our struggle marks the beginning of the end of the Olympic Games"-@ikeitani
#五輪やめて命まもれ twitter.com/kojiskojis/sta…
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I spoke w/ @AlJazeera on the eve of the #Tokyo2020 opening ceremony about how these Games are so singular, how the IOC president told athletes there was “zero” risk they’d pass along #COVID19 to each other or people outside the Olympic bubble, & how this adds stress for athletes
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Anti-Olympics protest in New York City against the #Tokyo2020 #OlympicGames under the slogan #NOlympicsAnywhere. Via @NOlympicsNYC
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As #Tokyo2020 athletes continue to suffer under "the searing sun, the sky high temps, the pea-soup humidity," @DanWetzel reminds us that Japan blatantly lied about the weather in its Olympic bid to make it sound ideal for athletes at the #Olympics. @Yahoo sports.yahoo.com/japan-lied-abo…
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@DanWetzel @ronanhand The IOC *knew* that "extreme heat conditions" put athletes in danger. #Tokyo2020 Olympians signed waivers stating that if they experience "serious bodily injury or even death" from "COVID-19...or extreme heat conditions while attending the Games" they can't hold organizers liable
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This is ghastly. Japan's daily total of #COVID19 cases topped 9,000 for the 1st time on Wednesday, an all-time high. Tokyo confirmed 3,177 cases, also a new record. Hospitals are under increasing strain. But the #Tokyo2020 #Olympics must go on, apparently english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/07/3…
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The coronavirus nightmare continues in Japan: daily total of #COVID19 cases topped 10,000 for the 1st time on Thursday. Nationwide tally of 10,693 cases included 3,865 in Tokyo, which logged a record for 3rd straight day. Image by @BrookesTimes HT @yoksig english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/07/1…
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Critical, political art on #Tokyo2020 by @281_. Prime Minister Suga in action, wiggling to the rhythms of the #Olympics
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27 more #COVID19 infections linked with the #Tokyo2020 #Olympics, the highest daily count since in July. The 27 cases brings the total to 220: two are athletes & a Games-related official who were staying in the Olympic Village english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/07/0…
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18 more #COVID19 cases related to #Olympics revealed Sunday, including 1 overseas athlete, bringing total to 259 cases since the beginning of July. #Tokyo2020 CEO says situation "within expectations." So, how many cases are organizers comfortable with? english.kyodonews.net/tokyo/news/202…
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“The concerns here are real. Since the #Olympics started, Covid infections have spiked to record levels in Tokyo. And it’s not just about the pandemic. The cost of the Games has ballooned…while construction has torn down homes”
-@HanakoMontgome1 @VICENews
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My latest w/ @EdgeofSports @thenation: in Tokyo—& wider Japan—we’re witnessing the nightmare scenario that so many public health experts predicted: surging #COVID19 rates & hospitals on the brink. #Tokyo2020 inflicts stress on hosts in Japan & athletes too
thenation.com/article/societ…
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#Tokyo2020 #Olympics organizers report 22 new Games-related #COVID19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total to 404 people inside the 'Olympic bubble' who contracted coronavirus since 1 July reut.rs/3s0qeoF
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Wow. Just wow. When International Olympic Committee President went to Hiroshima for a photo-op, the security costs were paid by Hiroshima Prefecture (50%) & Hiroshima City (50%). IOC & #Tokyo2020 organizers refused to pay. HT @karyn_nishi @angelscanfly nordot.app/79832233396818…
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The #Tokyo2020 #Olympics inspired an amazing amount of anti-Olympics art. I've been meaning to do a 🧵featuring this work, so here we go!
1st up: Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga carrying the toxic Olympic torch. Many Olympic torch relay participants got #COVID19. Art by @yojira
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Right now in Portland, people are gathered outside the stadium where the Portland Thorns & Timbers play, standing up in collective support of #NWSL players. Event organized by @PDXRivetersSG #BAONPDX [📸 posted w/ permission]
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🧵by anti-Olympics activists in Tokyo who successfully pushed back against the false narrative, put forth by Japan's public broadcaster NHK, that a man was paid to protest the #Tokyo2020 Olympics. NHK eventually admitted it was wrong & apologized. HT @X2nkzLeITuaFpE4 @SayNoToLDP twitter.com/hangorinnokai/…
Political scientist. Author of NOlympians (@Fernpub) & Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics (@VersoBooks). Poetry lover.