Tony Hawk is pushing for vertical skateboarding to become an Olympic event and said he is making progress in getting the high-flying discipline accepted as an exhibition sport at the 2028 Summer Olympics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/11/19/tony-hawk-vert-olympics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #tonyhawk #2020losangelesolympics #la28
The Olympic torch will go on a 12,000 kilometer journey across Italy in the two months leading up to the Winter Olympics in February, Games organizers have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/11/18/italy-olympic-torch-journey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2026milanocortinaolympics #italy
The women's 100-meter final will headline the first day of competition at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, organizers said on Wednesday, part of a reshaped schedule that moves athletics into Week 1. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/11/13/la28-womens-100-final-day-one/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2028losangelesolympics #trackandfield
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🏳️⚧️ Transgender athletes will be banned from the Olympics to keep Trump happy.
🏳️⚧️ Transgender athletes will be banned from the Olympics to keep Trump happy.
U.S. athletes are preparing for anti-American feeling at the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics, a little over three months before next year's global event. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/10/29/anti-us-sentiment-olympics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2026milanocortina
With time ticking down to the start of an unusually intricate and spread-out Winter Olympics, organizers of the 2026 Milano-Cortina Games say that they are on track. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/10/29/milano-cortina-100-days/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2026milanocortina #italy
Mikaela Shiffrin knows she is not firing on all cylinders yet after suffering serious injuries in a crash last year and the American is trying to temper expectations ahead of her bid for a fourth Olympic title. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/10/28/shiffrin-milano-cortina-olympics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2025milanocortinaolympics #mikaelashiffrin #alpineskiworldcup
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred is feeling more confident about the league's players competing at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, though he said significant scheduling challenges remain to be resolved. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/10/26/mlb-commissioner-olympics-2028/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #robmanfred #2028losangelesolympics
Just over two years since the Philippines men's curling team was formed, it is preparing a final push to realize a dream of qualifying for next year's Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/10/24/philippines-curling-olympic-qualification/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #thephilippines #2026milanocortinaolympics
Russian and Belarusian skiers and snowboarders will not be allowed to compete in next year's Winter Olympics, after the sport's governing body voted not to allow them into qualification events. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/10/22/winter-olympics-russia-skiing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #russia #belarus #2026milanocortinaolympics
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Today in Labor History October 18, 1968: International Olympic Committee president Avery Brundage attempted to strip American Olympic track medalists John Carlos & Tommie Smith of their awards for giving the "black power" salute on October 16th at the México City Olympics. The IOC claimed their actions were “a deliberate and violent breach of the fundamental principles of the Olympic spirit.” However, Brundage, who was president of the US Olympic committee in 1936, made no objections against Nazi salutes during the Berlin games.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #racism #olympics #blackpower #JohnCarlos #TommieSmith #mexico #fascism #nazis #BlackMastodon
Today in Labor History October 18, 1968: International Olympic Committee president Avery Brundage attempted to strip American Olympic track medalists John Carlos & Tommie Smith of their awards for giving the "black power" salute on October 16th at the México City Olympics. The IOC claimed their actions were “a deliberate and violent breach of the fundamental principles of the Olympic spirit.” However, Brundage, who was president of the US Olympic committee in 1936, made no objections against Nazi salutes during the Berlin games.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #racism #olympics #blackpower #JohnCarlos #TommieSmith #mexico #fascism #nazis #BlackMastodon
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Hoy hizo aniversario de los dos atletas afre descendientes en las olimpíadas del 68 que parados en el podio en 1er y 3er lugar, hicieron el saludo de las Panteras Negras. La historia es tremenda --> https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saludo_del_Poder_Negro_en_los_Juegos_Ol%C3%ADmpicos_de_1968
#blackpanther #blackpower #podernegro #panterasnegras #1968 #olimpiadas #olympics
Hoy hizo aniversario de los dos atletas afre descendientes en las olimpíadas del 68 que parados en el podio en 1er y 3er lugar, hicieron el saludo de las Panteras Negras. La historia es tremenda --> https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saludo_del_Poder_Negro_en_los_Juegos_Ol%C3%ADmpicos_de_1968
#blackpanther #blackpower #podernegro #panterasnegras #1968 #olimpiadas #olympics
The first 'Health and Sports Day' (体育の日) was held on October 10th 1966, the 2nd anniversary of the opening of the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Now celebrated on the 2nd Monday of October, the holiday is intended to promote sports as well as physical and mental health.
#体育の日 #olympics #healthandsportsday
A gorgeous pink macaron.
5 sweets in different styles, mirroring the 5 Olympic rings.
Miho-san created this tea bowl. 5 colourful lines represent the Olympic rings, with chidori (a popular motif in Kyoto) flying on the interior of the bowl.
A firework inspired sweet with colourful balls of bean paste suspended in jelly.
The first 'Health and Sports Day' (体育の日) was held on October 10th 1966, the 2nd anniversary of the opening of the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Now celebrated on the 2nd Monday of October, the holiday is intended to promote sports as well as physical and mental health.
#体育の日 #olympics #healthandsportsday
A gorgeous pink macaron.
5 sweets in different styles, mirroring the 5 Olympic rings.
Miho-san created this tea bowl. 5 colourful lines represent the Olympic rings, with chidori (a popular motif in Kyoto) flying on the interior of the bowl.
A firework inspired sweet with colourful balls of bean paste suspended in jelly.
🏊♂️🧢🏉SPORTS DAY🥏🥎🧗♂️
Happy 'Health and Sports Day' (体育の日 'Taiiku-no-hi')!🥳
As you might expect, we'll be celebrating with lashings of tea and sweets, and as the holiday commemorates the 1964 Tōkyō Olympics there's a subtle Olympic theme to today's offerings🏅
A sumptuous lunch box filled with colourful seafood and vegetables.
Colourful macarons hinting at the Olympic rings.
One of my favourite tea bowls. Purchased for the Tokyo Olympics it depicts mice holding the Olympic rings. The pandemic delayed the Olympics, so in the end it didn't take place in the Year of the Rat.
A Japanese flag inspired sweet (the flag sits on a red bean paste with a thin layer of jelly covering the round confection).
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says the league is pausing its season for the Olympics because it is "important to our players." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/10/09/bettman-olympics-players-importance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #garybettman #milanocortinawinterolympics