SINGAPORE: After a one-year delay, the Games of the XXXII Olympiad finally took place in Tokyo in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic.
But while the impact of the coronavirus was always visible, it faded into the background once the athletes got down to business. Asia’s athletes had a particularly good Games: China was a constant at the top of the medal table. Japan, India, Hong Kong and Chinese Taipei recorded their biggest medal hauls. The Philippines won their first gold medal.
While Singapore had a disappointing campaign – not winning a medal for the first time since Athens in 2004, as Joseph Schooling relinquished his 100m butterfly crown – Yu Mengyu’s run to the semi-finals of the women’s singles table tennis tournament and the sailing heroics of Kimberly Lim and Cecilia Low captured the imagination.Here’s a look back at Asia’s moments at Tokyo 2020.
Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka lights the Olympic Cauldron during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics on Jul 23, 2021.
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