The lasting images of the Tokyo Olympics will be of athletes on podiums in masks
that was delayed by a year and dismayed much of the Japanese public, yet managed to remain outbreak-free inside its fences and provide some memorable sport performances.
Warner’s story of resilience in training during the pandemic was whole-hearted. With sports facilities closed, his London, Ont. community rallied to turn an old chilly hockey arena into a makeshift training facility for him, complete with a track and pits so he could practice the 10 events in his combo sport. He did so while many of his competitors around the world trained as usual.
Canada wraps up the Tokyo Olympics with a total of 24 medals, the most in a Summer Games without a boycott. Catch up on the moments that saw Canada win 7 gold, six silver and 11 bronze medals from the pool to the running track.It was the end of a different Games, to be sure. It was imperfect, but the strict COVID-19 protocols that stripped the Games of much of their usual off-field fun seemed to work, at least inside the Games. This Olympics soldiered on, even when so many said it shouldn’t.
There was a team of people and small cars that set up the hurdles on the track at Olympic stadium in rapid, mesmerizing fashion, doing their job to perfection. And a crew that pieced together the coloured mats for the judo events at the Nippon Budokan, like perfect puzzle pieces.
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