Olympics 2020
The Origin
Sports contests organised at Olympia took place every four years and acquired the name Olympic
Games. The date of 776 BC is often cited in written sources. The exact reasons for the birth of the
Games are still unknown, as history has become mixed up with mythology. The four-year interval
between the Ancient Games editions was named an “Olympiad”, and was used for dating
purposes at the time: time was counted in Olympiads rather than years.
In 1894, Pierre de Coubertin launched his plan to revive the Olympic Games, and in 1896 the first
Games of the modern era were held in Athens.
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Mascots
-The cartoony Miraitowa's name is a fusion of the Japanese words "mirai", which means “future”, and
"towa", which means “eternity” and based on the Japanese proverb: “Learn from the past and develop
new ideas.” Miraitowa is “cheerful and remarkably athletic, with a very strong sense of integrity.” Oh
and it can teleport, which will indisputably come in handy for organizers and athletes
-The Tokyo Paralympic mascot is Someity, which comes from the name of the cherry blossom
someiyoshino. In English, it loosely translates to “so mighty.” Someity can fly, use the sensors on the
sides of its head for telepathic powers, and move objects without touching them
The National Stadium
Architect: Kengo Kuma
Cost: $1.43 billion
Capacity: 68,000 spectators
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Notable winners
-USA won the most medals at 113
-India won 7 and Kuwait got 1
-Abdul Abdullah Al-Rashidi, Gold medal for Men’s Skeet Shooting(Kuwait)
-Caeleb Dressel, the most Olympic gold medals in swimming(USA)(gave his gold medal to
teammate Brooks Curry)
-Momiji Nishiya(13yrs) Gold medal for Women’s street skating (Japan) (youngest Japanese
gold medalist; third youngest to win an event, first being Majorie Gestring)
-Rayssa Leal(13yrs) Silver medal for Women’s street skating (Brazil)(youngest Brazilian
medalist)
-Neeraj Chopra(23yrs) Gold medal for Men’s Javel throw(India)(Second individual olympic
champion after Abhinav Bhindra)
-Kawai Yukako Gold medal in women’s 62kg weight class, exactly 24hrs later Kawai Risako did
the same thing but for 57kg(Japan)(they are the Kawai Sisters)
-Shooter Avani Lekhara(19yrs)(became the first Indian woman to win two Paralympics medals)
-Flora Duffy Gold medal in Women’s triathlon(Bermuda)(made Bermuda the smallest country in
the world to win gold)
Records Broken
• Lasha Talakhadze, Men’s Weightlifting - Georgia (488 kg)
• Women’s 4×100m Freestyle Relay - Australia (3:29.69)
• Women’s Track Cycling Team Pursuit - Germany (4:04.242)
• Men’s 4×100m Medley Relay - USA (3:26.78m)
• Aleksandra Miroslaw, Women’s Speed Climbing - Poland (0.12 seconds)
• Karsten Warholm, Men’s 400m Hurdles - Norway (45.94 seconds)
• Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Men’s Olympic 1500m - Norway (3min 28.32sec)
• Faith Kipyegon, Women’s 1500m - Kenya (3min 53.11sec)
• Men’s Track Cycling Team Pursuit - Italy (3:42.032)
• Women’s Team Sprint - China (31.804 seconds)
• Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay - China (7:40.33 minutes)
• Shi Zhiyong, Men’s 73kg Weightlifting - China
• Sydney McLaughlin, Women’s 400m Hurdles - USA (51.46 seconds)
• Tatjana Schoenmaker, Women’s 200-meter breaststroke - South Africa
(2:18.95m)
• Caeleb Dressel, Men’s 100m Butterfly - USA (49.45 seconds)
• Yulimar Rojas, Women’s Triple Jump - Venezuela (15.67 meters)
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Helpful Sources
-Medals won by India
-Medals won at Tokyo 2020 by India
-Winners from India at the Paralympics
-Medals won by countries
-Medal winners
-Know more about the newly introduced sports
-The First Olympic Mascot
-What’s next
-Munich 1972
