Globe photographer Melissa Tait tells the stories behind seven moments she captured at the Tokyo Olympics
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.As a photojournalist during the COVID-19 pandemic I’ve been wondering how people in 100 years will look back at this time. I’d love to know if someone will search whatever version of the internet they have in 2121 to find old-timey photographs of sweaty athletes, smiling behind a mask, holding Olympic medals.
The Canadian women won the first soccer gold medal for Canada, beating Sweden in a penalty shootout . The final was watched by 4.4 million people in Canada on a weekday morning – clearly a defining moment of the Tokyo Olympics. Aug. 6.Rosie MacLennan was a heavy gold-medal favourite, having won gold in trampoline gymnastics at both London 2012 and Rio 2016. In Tokyo she placed a painful fourth. There were a few brief moments of tears before she left Ariake Gymnastics Centre.
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