Tokyo Olympics: NPR Live Coverage

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  President Biden Tells U.S. Olympic Squad It 'Restored The Soul Of America'

  NPR - Dave Mistich

  President Joe Biden congratulated the U.S. Olympics team during a Saturday Zoom call that included some of the nation's top athletes, heralding their achievements as having "restored the soul of America." "I know you have a sense of it, but I don't think you'll appreciate 'till you get home how …

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  Why The Olympic Athletes Don't March Behind Their Own Flag At The Closing Ceremony

  NPR - Bill Chappell

  When the Olympics end, athletes don't repeat the highly regimented parade of the opening ceremony. For the closing, they sort of wander in, mingling with other nationalities. It's all part of a plan hatched 65 years ago by a teenager. Despite being credited with saving the Games from disaster, for …

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  Paris Has Taken The Torch From Tokyo For The 2024 Summer Olympic Games

  NPR - Deepa Shivaram

  As the Olympic games concluded in Tokyo, the next city to host, Paris, has already started its celebration. During the closing ceremony on Sunday, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo received and waved an Olympic flag in the Tokyo stadium, a traditional pass to the next city. But the celebration then had a few …

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  United States Barely Edges Out China For Most Gold Medals At Tokyo Olympics

  NPR - Deepa Shivaram , Mandalit del Barco

  After 17 days of competition at the Tokyo Olympics, the United States finished with the most medals won overall and the most gold medals, with its 39 golds just barely beating out China, which won 38. On the last day of the Games, the U.S. women's volleyball team secured the 39th gold medal, beating …

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  Closing Ceremony Caps Off A Dramatic, Bittersweet And Ultimately Uplifting Olympics

  NPR - Merrit Kennedy

  TOKYO – The Olympic flame is officially out in Tokyo. The closing ceremony in Olympic Stadium was fairly relaxed, and perhaps most poignantly, it aimed to show the athletes a small taste of ordinary life in Japan --something they haven't been exposed to due to pandemic restrictions. It wrapped up …

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  The 14 Moments That Swept Us Away At The Tokyo Olympics

  NPR - Merrit Kennedy , Tom Goldman , Mandalit del Barco , Leila Fadel , Russell Lewis

  TOKYO — They were called the "COVID Olympics." The "pandemic Olympics." The "anger Olympics." Many Japanese people were upset to host such a huge and risky event in the middle of the pandemic, and many outside observers were surprised it happened at all. But as the Tokyo Games close out inside these …