Questions and Answers about
Olympics
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in SportsWhich country topped Beijing’s 2022 Winter Olympics medal count?
Answer: Norway won a record 37 medals in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics – the most for one country at a single Winter Games. That’s five more than Russia, which finished second in the medals count. Norway’s 16 gold medals easily passed Germany’s 12. Norway’s first and last medals were won by the same athlete,…
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in SportsWho is the first woman to land a quadruple jump at the Olympics?
Answer: Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, 15, became on Feb. 7, 2022, the first woman to land a quadruple jump at the Olympics – and did so twice during the free skate event. She is also the second woman ever to land the quadruple toe loop after Alexandra Trusova, the fourth to land a quadruple…
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in SportsWho is the first female swimmer to claim seven medals at one Olympics?
Australia’s Emma McKeon is the first female swimmer to claim seven medals at one Olympics – Four of them were gold, the other three bronze. She is also the second woman to win seven Olympic medals in any sport. The first was gymnast Maria Gorokhovskaya of the Soviet Union, who achieved the record at the…
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in PlacesWhich image represented El Salvador on South Korean MBC’s Tokyo 2020 Olympics opening ceremony broadcast?
South Korean broadcaster MBC has apologized for its choice of “inappropriate” images that appeared next to the names of several countries during its coverage of the Friday, July 23, 2021, Tokyo 2020 Olympic opening ceremony. El Salvador was introduced with a picture representing Bitcoin. When Italy took the stage, they showed a pizza. For Romania,…
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in SportsWhich country took the top 3 spots at the Tokyo 2020 women’s 100-meter final?
Jamaican athletes took all three top spots in the Tokyo 2020 women’s 100-meter final, as gold medal-winner Elaine Thompson-Herah set an Olympic record with her time of 10.61 seconds. She is now the second-fast woman in history. The fastest being 1988 Olympic champion Florence Griffith-Joyner, with her world record of 10.49 set in the U.S.…
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in SportsWhat’s NOT true about the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics?
Tokyo hosted the Olympic Games for the first time in 1964. 2021 is the second time Japan hosts the Olympic Summer Games. Japan also hosted the Nagano Winter Olympics in 1998. The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are also the first without spectators and the first to be played in an odd year._x000D_
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in SportsWhy won’t Sha’Carri Richardson participate in the Tokyo Olympics?
On July 1, 2021, The United States Anti-Doping Agency reported Sha’Carri Richardson tested positive for THC (the main psychoactive component found in cannabis) following her 100 m final at the U.S. Trials – which made her ineligible to compete in the 100 m Olympics._x000D_
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in SportsHow many Japanese Emperors have ever opened the Olympic Games?
Japan’s Emperor Naruhito made the opening declaration of the 2020 Olympic Games, Friday, July 23, 2021. He was the third Japanese Emperor to open an Olympics, following his grandfather Emperor Hirohito (1964 Summer and 1972 Winter Olympics) and his father Emperor Akihito (1998 Winter Olympics).
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in SportsWhat types of uniforms are allowed at the Olympic women’s beach volleyball Games?
The Fédération Internationale de Volleyball issued 22 pages of uniform guidelines for women players in Tokyo 2020. The options include short sleeves and tank tops, long sleeves for modesty and long sleeves for warmth, long pants and shorts, and a one-piece bathing suit or a bikini. The men wear tank tops and board shorts, which…
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in SportsWho is the fastest man in the world’s history?
The men’s 100-meter run world record is held by Usain Bolt, who recorded a remarkable time of 9.58 seconds at the 2009 World Championships, becoming the fastest man in the world’s history._x000D_
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in SportsWhich women’s world record did Yulimar Rojas break in the Tokyo 2020 Games?
Venezuela’s Yulimar Rojas personal best Triple jump of 15.67 m (51.4 feet), the world record, was set during the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, on 1 August 2021, as her final jump in the final round._x000D_
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in SportsWhat is Simone Biles’s Olympic sport?
Considered the greatest gymnast, Simone Biles is the most decorated American gymnast, with 31 Olympic and World Championship medals combined, including three individual gold medals in the 2016 Olympics and a record seventh US national championship in June 2021._x000D_
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in SportsWhich country won the most Olympic medals in the Tokyo 2020 Games?
Team USA collected one-third of all of the medals handed at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics – with a total of 113 medals, 39 of them golden. Team China came second with 88 medals, 38 of them gold. Japan had its all-time national medal collecting record, with 58 medals, out of which 27 golds.
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in SportsWho is the first woman to win a “double-double” in Olympic track and field’s 100-meter and 200-meter races?
Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah became the first woman to win a “double-double” in Olympic track and field races, winning gold in both the 100-meter and 200-meter races in Tokyo 2020, repeating her two wins in the same contests at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
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in SportsWhich country had one of its athletes defect during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?
After Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya said on Instagram that she was put in the 4×400 relay, even though she has never raced in the event, her team officials hustled her to the airport to put her on a plane back to Belarus. After managing to escape, Tsimanouskaya has received a humanitarian visa from Poland.…
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in SportsWho is the youngest person ever to win an Olympic gold medal?
The youngest Olympic gold medalist was Team USA’s Marjorie Gestring at the 1936 games in Berlin. Gestring, only 13 years and 267 days old at the time, won gold in the women’s diving competition. Dimitros Loundras became the youngest medal winner when he won a bronze medal at ten years, 216 days, during the inaugural…
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in SportsWhich sports make their Olympic debut in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics?
Karate, sport climbing, skateboarding, and surfing are all sports that made their Olympic debut in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics (held in July 2021)._x000D_
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in SportsHow many medals did tennis superstar Naomi Osaka win in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?
Naomi Osaka leaves the Tokyo 2020 Olympics without a medal. The four-time major champion was upset in the third round Tuesday, July 27, 2021, by Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic. The 23-year-old Osaka lit the Olympic cauldron to open the Games officially._x000D_
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in SportsWhere are the 2024, 2028, and 2032 Summer Olympic games planned?
The 2024 Olympics will take place in Paris, while the 2028 Games will be in Los Angeles, and Brisbane, Australia, will host the Summer Games in 2032._x000D_
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in SportsHow was the 2021 Tokyo Olympics medal ceremony different?
Athletes at the Tokyo Olympics put their medals around their own necks to protect against spreading the coronavirus. Medalists and ceremony officials also wore masks, which the medalists could then take off for 30 seconds. There were no handshakes and no hugs during the ceremony. The medals were presented to the athletes on a tray._x000D_