GAMES
WOMAN IS BOSS
Five-time Olympian Kelly-Ann Baptiste will have the perfect start to Tokyo 2020 when she carries the “Red, White and Black” during the Parade of Nations at today’s opening ceremony, at the Olympic Stadium here in Japan.
WHO Director General: “May these Games be the moment that unites the world, and ignites the solidarity and determination we need to end the pandemic together”
In a keynote address to the 138th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) invoked the new Olympic motto as a strategy to defeat the COVID-19 virus.
Kelly Ann Baptiste Team TTO TOKYO 2020 Opening Ceremony Flag-Bearer
TEAM TTO female sprinter Kelly-Ann Baptiste will make history by becoming this country’s first female flag-bearer at an Olympic Games when the opening ceremony of the July-23-August 8 Tokyo 2020 Games takes place at 7 a.m. (TT) time Friday.
Rower Aisha Chow gets Team TTO's Olympic campaign under way at Tokyo Games
ROWER Aisha Chow will be TT’s first athlete to feature at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. She begins the nation’s Olympic quest at 8:40pm on Thursday.
At Tokyo 2020, hydrogen shows promise of a carbon-free future
Lighting the Olympic cauldron formally marks the end of the torch relay and symbolises the continuity between the ancient and modern Games. At Tokyo 2020, it will also mark the Olympic Movement’s commitment to a more sustainable world: this will be the first time in Olympic history that the Olympic cauldron will be powered with hydrogen.