Summer Games

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Key questions on vaccines, fans, qualifying for Summer Games and costs answered

Here are some questions and answers about where the Tokyo Olympics stand on several fronts.

Tokyo Olympics 2020 hoping to learn from Winter Games 2018 in Pyeongchang, says spokesman Masa Takaya

Pyeongchang 2018 may not have started yet, but organizers of the next landmark Olympic Games are already learning the rigours of hosting a major sporting event.

Humans of Olympics: Meet Steve M Morris, the London 2012 volunteer who continued his work in Rio

Morris had volunteered for the London 2012 Olympics for the first time in his life and had enjoyed it thoroughly, so he decided to go back in Rio.

Humans of Olympics: Meet Aditi Ashok, the youngest Indian woman golfer at the Rio 2016

At 18, she was the youngest in the fray in women’s golf at the Olympic Games at Rio. While the Indian supporters were celebrating and shouting at the top of their voices at the Olympic Park for Sakshi Malik, Aditi was quietly teeing away at the greens at the Olympic Golf Course about 7km away.

Humans of Olympics: Meet Kheta Ram, the Indian marathoner with single-minded focus in Rio

Humans of Olympics: Meet Elaine Dos Santos, a favela dweller earning extra during the Games

Humans of Olympics: Meet Scots Stewart and George, in Rio to cheer their canoeist friends

The two came to Rio to watch the Olympics, but especially to cheer their slalom canoeist pals Richard Hounslow and David Florence.

Humans of Olympics: Meet Diego Abreau, the crossfitter who's in Rio to watch weightlifting

A pharma sector executive in Sao Paulo, Diego Abreau is also an avid crossfitter and there was no way he going to miss the world’s best weightlifters in action at the Olympics in Rio.

Humans of Olympics: Meet Rakesh Chakule, the medic from India at Rio 2016