Here is a summary of major figures and facts at the Games:20 WORLD RECORDSDisruptions to training caused by the pandemic did not dampen the intensity of competition with 20 world records set across sports. Three world records fell in athletics with Norway’s Karsten Warholm in the men’s 400m hurdles, American Sydney McLaughlin in the women’s event and Venezuela’s Yulimar Rojas in the women’s triple jump. There was also a new world record set in climbing, which was introduced into the Olympic programme in Tokyo. There were four world records in weightlifting, with Georgian weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze earning three of them in one event. SIX MONTHS TO GOFollowing Tokyo 2020, the 2022 Winter Olympics will be in Beijing https://olympics.com/ioc/beijing-2022 from Feb. 4-20, making it the first city to host both the Winter and Summer Games.

Source: MetroXpress August 09, 2021 22:18 UTC