TOKYO — It was a week and a half of extremes. Extreme heat. Extreme spikes and an extreme track, two technological advances that combined to produce extreme times. But also an extreme absence of spectators, a vacuum that the athletes sought to camouflage with extreme performances. Track and field at the Tokyo Games helped fill the final 10 days of the Olympic schedule, and five years — in so many ways — was worth the wait.

Source: New York Times August 08, 2021 13:07 UTC