Bhagat, top seed, lagged 2-4 early in the opening game but a series of overhead drops helped him claw back. The duo was 8-8 before the Indian entered the interval at 11-8. After the break, he continued his good run and eventually pocketed the opening game with six straight points. It was a Bhagat show […]

Tokyo Olympics updates Sign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about Tokyo Olympics news. Elaine Thompson-Herah has become the quickest woman alive after leading a Jamaican sweep of the medals in women’s 100 metres. A wide-open men’s field will compete for the chance to become the world’s fastest later on […]

The queue to board our connecting flight from Helsinki to Tokyo was like its own mini Olympic Village. A group of Swedish volleyball players stood near the front. A lone British judoka waited behind them. A few Spanish tennis players – no, their bags are too small, make that squash – belatedly joined the back […]

Pick of the weekend middle-distance results was a battling second from Mark English in his specialist 800m at the Continental Tour in Madrid on Saturday (June 19) which could book his place at the Tokyo Olympics. Mark English’s time of 1:45.22 was not only quicker than the 1:45.70 he had run a week earlier in […]

[ad_1] Asia-Pacific, Transportation, Universal Design, March 25 2019 The Japanese government is hoping that visitors to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics who use wheelchairs will have an easy time getting around. Officials say they’re going to obligate taxi operators to train their drivers in the use of specially designed vehicles.”Universal design” taxis look like […]

[ad_1] Asia-Pacific, Assistive Technology, March 15 2019 Next year, the world’s top athletes will compete in the Tokyo Summer Games. Some of Japan’s biggest companies will also happily be using the opportunity to show off their latest technologies — namely a fleet of robotics aimed at helping human spectators navigate around the event. Officials behind […]

Japan hopes to use the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics as an opportunity to become a more inclusive and accessible society, and in 2018 games organizers made some strides towards making it a reality. When hosting a major sporting event, people usually talk about what kind of legacies, tangible or intangible, will remain, while the event’s success [...]