Tokyo Summer OlympicsWBUR's full coverage of the Tokyo Summer Olympics.Meet Paralympian David Brown, The World's Fastest Blind RunnerDavid Brown was diagnosed with Kawasaki disease at 15 months old, which led him to lose his sight by the age of 13. Play10:40Aug 18, 2021An Olympic Summer Games To RememberHere's what to look for before the closing ceremony. Play05:48Aug 6, 2021Advertisement Historian Recalls Another Time The Olympics Were Held During A PandemicBelgium hosted the Olympics just months after the 1918 influenza pandemic killed at least 50 million people around the world.Play08:40Aug 5, 2021U.S. Women's Basketball Winning Streak Continues In Tokyo Olympics; Japan Dominates SkateboardingAfter a commanding victory over Australia into Wednesday's quarterfinal, the U.S. women's basketball team is aiming for an unprecedented 7th straight gold medal.Play03:28Aug 4, 2021Decorated Olympian Simone Biles Wins Bronze Medal In Tokyo OlympicsBiles withdrew from the games last week, citing mental health concerns. Play03:47Aug 3, 2021From Iran To Arizona To Tokyo: The Journey Of Paralympian Shahrad NasajpourShahrad Nasajpour is among the six athletes on the Paralympic Refugee team this year. He is an Iranian refugee living in Arizona who will compete in the discus throw.Play09:34Aug 2, 2021U.S. Women's Soccer Team Defeated In Tokyo OlympicsGymnast Simone Biles is set to return to an individual competition event, after withdrawing for mental health reasons.Play05:30Aug 2, 2021Years After #MeToo Movement, Women Athletes Are Still Fighting SexualizationAt the Tokyo Olympics, some athletes on the German women's gymnastics team decided to compete in full-length unitards instead of high-cut bodysuits.Play10:19Aug 2, 2021Netflix's 'Naomi Osaka' Documentary Shows Tennis Star's Struggles On And Off The CourtThe new series is an especially relevant watch this week when Osaka faltered in the Olympics after being its torchbearer.Play06:04Jul 30, 2021U.S. Women's Soccer Beats The Netherlands, Advances To Semifinals In TokyoThe U.S. team wants to become the first-ever reigning Women's World Cup champion to take home Olympic gold.Play03:47Jul 30, 2021COVID-19 Knocks Top American Out Of OlympicsSam Kendricks, a two-time world champion, has tested positive for coronavirus. Play04:59Jul 29, 2021Olympic Gold Medalist Dominique Dawes Sheds Light On What Simone Biles Is Going ThroughDominique Dawes was the first Black American woman to win an individual Olympic medal in gymnastics.Play11:01Jul 29, 2021Simone Biles' Olympics Withdrawal Puts Focus On The Pressure Gymnasts, Other Athletes FaceGymnastics prizes physical and mental perfection — which can lead athletes to push themselves beyond their capacities.Play09:40Jul 29, 2021Looking Back On Billy Mills' Upset Win At The 1964 Tokyo OlympicsThe victory was a triumph that grew from the discrimination he faced growing up as the son of white and Native American parents.Play09:43Jul 29, 2021Remembering The 1964 Tokyo OlympicsTokyo hosted the Olympics in 1964, representing Japan's symbolic rebirth after the devastation of World War II.Play09:35Jul 28, 2021Olympics Update: Simone Biles Pulled Out Of Gymnastics Team Final Tuesday, U.S. Takes SilverUSA Gymnastics said Simone Biles left the women's team competition because of a medical issue.Play03:38Jul 27, 2021Tokyo Olympics Check-In: Katie Ledecky Takes Silver, Japanese Skateboarders Take GoldAt age 13, Momiji Nishiya won a gold medal in the women's street skateboarding competition. Play05:58Jul 26, 2021A New Grant Seeks To Help Athlete Mothers Competing In The OlympicsNine athletes have already received the grant, six of them on their way to the Tokyo Olympics.Play05:31Jul 22, 2021Sweden Breaks U.S. Women's Soccer Team Winning Streak At OlympicsThe U.S. team has a chance to recover and advance to the next round with upcoming games against New Zealand and Australia.Play04:42Jul 21, 2021COVID-19 Concerns Grow At The Tokyo OlympicsA number of athletes, team officials and others who've come in for the games have tested positive for COVID-19.Play04:29Jul 20, 2021Next Page
Meet Paralympian David Brown, The World's Fastest Blind RunnerDavid Brown was diagnosed with Kawasaki disease at 15 months old, which led him to lose his sight by the age of 13. Play10:40Aug 18, 2021
An Olympic Summer Games To RememberHere's what to look for before the closing ceremony. Play05:48Aug 6, 2021
Historian Recalls Another Time The Olympics Were Held During A PandemicBelgium hosted the Olympics just months after the 1918 influenza pandemic killed at least 50 million people around the world.Play08:40Aug 5, 2021
U.S. Women's Basketball Winning Streak Continues In Tokyo Olympics; Japan Dominates SkateboardingAfter a commanding victory over Australia into Wednesday's quarterfinal, the U.S. women's basketball team is aiming for an unprecedented 7th straight gold medal.Play03:28Aug 4, 2021
Decorated Olympian Simone Biles Wins Bronze Medal In Tokyo OlympicsBiles withdrew from the games last week, citing mental health concerns. Play03:47Aug 3, 2021
From Iran To Arizona To Tokyo: The Journey Of Paralympian Shahrad NasajpourShahrad Nasajpour is among the six athletes on the Paralympic Refugee team this year. He is an Iranian refugee living in Arizona who will compete in the discus throw.Play09:34Aug 2, 2021
U.S. Women's Soccer Team Defeated In Tokyo OlympicsGymnast Simone Biles is set to return to an individual competition event, after withdrawing for mental health reasons.Play05:30Aug 2, 2021
Years After #MeToo Movement, Women Athletes Are Still Fighting SexualizationAt the Tokyo Olympics, some athletes on the German women's gymnastics team decided to compete in full-length unitards instead of high-cut bodysuits.Play10:19Aug 2, 2021
Netflix's 'Naomi Osaka' Documentary Shows Tennis Star's Struggles On And Off The CourtThe new series is an especially relevant watch this week when Osaka faltered in the Olympics after being its torchbearer.Play06:04Jul 30, 2021
U.S. Women's Soccer Beats The Netherlands, Advances To Semifinals In TokyoThe U.S. team wants to become the first-ever reigning Women's World Cup champion to take home Olympic gold.Play03:47Jul 30, 2021
COVID-19 Knocks Top American Out Of OlympicsSam Kendricks, a two-time world champion, has tested positive for coronavirus. Play04:59Jul 29, 2021
Olympic Gold Medalist Dominique Dawes Sheds Light On What Simone Biles Is Going ThroughDominique Dawes was the first Black American woman to win an individual Olympic medal in gymnastics.Play11:01Jul 29, 2021
Simone Biles' Olympics Withdrawal Puts Focus On The Pressure Gymnasts, Other Athletes FaceGymnastics prizes physical and mental perfection — which can lead athletes to push themselves beyond their capacities.Play09:40Jul 29, 2021
Looking Back On Billy Mills' Upset Win At The 1964 Tokyo OlympicsThe victory was a triumph that grew from the discrimination he faced growing up as the son of white and Native American parents.Play09:43Jul 29, 2021
Remembering The 1964 Tokyo OlympicsTokyo hosted the Olympics in 1964, representing Japan's symbolic rebirth after the devastation of World War II.Play09:35Jul 28, 2021
Olympics Update: Simone Biles Pulled Out Of Gymnastics Team Final Tuesday, U.S. Takes SilverUSA Gymnastics said Simone Biles left the women's team competition because of a medical issue.Play03:38Jul 27, 2021
Tokyo Olympics Check-In: Katie Ledecky Takes Silver, Japanese Skateboarders Take GoldAt age 13, Momiji Nishiya won a gold medal in the women's street skateboarding competition. Play05:58Jul 26, 2021
A New Grant Seeks To Help Athlete Mothers Competing In The OlympicsNine athletes have already received the grant, six of them on their way to the Tokyo Olympics.Play05:31Jul 22, 2021
Sweden Breaks U.S. Women's Soccer Team Winning Streak At OlympicsThe U.S. team has a chance to recover and advance to the next round with upcoming games against New Zealand and Australia.Play04:42Jul 21, 2021
COVID-19 Concerns Grow At The Tokyo OlympicsA number of athletes, team officials and others who've come in for the games have tested positive for COVID-19.Play04:29Jul 20, 2021
