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Elaine Thompson-Herah was a star, the new sports shone and the hosts were friendly, despite not being able to attend -
Jamaican hurdler Hansle Parchment has tracked down and thanked a Tokyo 2020 volunteer who paid for his taxi to the Olympic Stadium
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In today’s Olympics briefing: your favourite moments of the Games, the medal table annotated, and a very big sand sculpture in India -
Haul of 19 medals at Tokyo Olympics would put region in 14th place in medals table if it were a country -
News and features
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Photographer Sam Mellish undertook a project to show the resilience of British athletes
In depth
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The sprinter met and defied every lofty expectation of her on the way to setting an impossibly high standard of excellence -
After losing in the quarter-finals I was distraught – a week later the hurt is still raw but there are reasons to smile
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Opinion
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The current crop of 100m runners produced a fine final, but the Jamaican legend and world record holder has left big shoes to fill -
Meet the skateboarding silver medallist and veteran equestrian proving age is but a number -
Namibian duo were prevented from running the 400m due to naturally occurring raised testosterone levels
The big picture
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Tokyo 2020 played out in empty arenas but bound eight billion people together