Tokyo Olympics 2020

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I feel sorry for Japan, having invested so much money to host the games - for nothing. No tourists. Are they in any way covered for the loss?
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CAMSOC-Phnom Penh: Cambodian swimmer Ken Bun Pich Morakot finished her qualifying round at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in Japan, in third place in the 50m freestyle heats with a time of 29.42 seconds in the competition at the Tokyo Aquatics Center on the evening of July 30, 2021.

Based on the above results, Kean Bun Pich Morakot broke her previous record of 29.99 seconds, but her new record of 29.42 seconds was not sufficient to advance to the next round, because her time was slower than the top 16 candidates.

Well done ! Ken Bun Pich Morakot can be proud of her achievement!
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Bravo. More Cambodian national and personal best swimming records broken in Tokyo:

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CAMSOC-Phnom Penh: Cambodian swimmer Hem Poch finished his 50m relay at the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020, finishing fourth in the fourth series with a time of 24. 91 seconds.

This is the highest record for Cambodian swimmers in the men's 50m Olympics in the past, as Hem Kiri won in 26.41 seconds in 2000 and Hem Thon Ponleu in 27.03 seconds in 2008.
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Tokyo 2020 Olympics: full medal table
Find out who’s topping the leaderboard at the Olympic Games, and drill down to discover which events each country won medals for
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CEO is referenced on the Olympics.com website for the Cambodian sprinter 😀

https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic ... sokong.htm
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Japan took the gold in skateboarding. A 13-year old girl, mind you.
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On the other hand, Japan took the silver against France in team judo. (Some great fighting tonight.)
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Cambodian Olympic History
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Highlights: Six athletes represented Cambodia at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro across four sports - swimming, athletics, taekwondo and freestyle wrestling. The contingent included the two oldest competitors the NOC has sent to an Olympic Games. Marathon runner Nary Ly competed in the women's event at age 44 years and 69 days, while Japan-born Hiroshi Neko participated in the men's marathon at age 39 years and 13 days.

Cambodia's first two Olympians, Isoup Ganthy and Saing Pen, both competed in equestrian jumping at the 1956 Olympic Games. Cambodia then sent teams to just two of the next nine editions of the Olympic Games until 1996 in Atlanta. Since then, Cambodian athletes have competed at every Games.

Cambodia's only triple Olympian is swimmer Vitiny Hemthon. She competed in the women's 50m freestyle at the Games in 2008, 2012 and 2016.
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Nav wrote: Sat Jul 31, 2021 5:44 pm CEO is referenced on the Olympics.com website for the Cambodian sprinter 😀

https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic ... sokong.htm
Today's race result for Pen Sokong:
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Feel good story about an adopted Cambodian kid who is representing the US this year in the Tokyo Olympics:

Orphaned toddler adopted by a gay man in Cambodia is now a US Olympic diver
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The road to a global sporting event such as the Olympics does not come easy for most athletes, but it’s much more difficult for those without the support and resources to begin with.

“I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for him, his love, and support,” Jordan Windle told NBC Sports of his father, Jerry Windle.

Jordan, 22, was adopted as an 18-month-old boy in Cambodia. His birth parents died when he was just a year old and, for the next few months, he would live in an orphanage in Phnom Penh.

It was in that orphanage that Jerry — then a single gay man who struggled to adopt in the U.S. — would find him as a toddler suffering from malnutrition, scabies and severe infections. Jerry took him home to Florida, nursed him back to health and ultimately became his father.

Now, Jordan is in Tokyo for the Summer Olympics, representing the U.S. in diving.

Jordan’s Olympic ambitions began at age 7. After catching the attention of Tim O’Brien, son of famed diving coach Ron O’Brien, at a diving camp, Jordan entered the Fort Lauderdale diving program and soared through the ranks, according to Outsports.

It was also during this time when he met Olympic gold medalist and LGBT activist Greg Louganis. He was even called “Little Louganis.”

After three Olympic trials — first at age 13, then at age 16 — Jordan achieved his dream of 15 years and qualified for the men’s platform event in June. And while his father cannot be with him due to COVID-19 restrictions, he is still “super excited” about it.
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“I can usually hear (my dad) out of everyone in the audience, which is awesome. Not having him at the Olympics will be different,” Jordan told Today. “I wish he was there, but that doesn’t really change what I’m going there to do: To have fun, show off a little bit, and put on a show for everyone. That’s going to be my intention and I’m hopefully going to make him proud.”

The father and son celebrated their story in a children’s book that they co-authored in 2011. The book, titled “An Orphan No More: The True Story of a Boy,” tells the story of a rooster who was told by other animals that he cannot be a father without a hen. One day, he stumbles upon an egg that no one wants. What hatches is a duckling, but despite their different looks, the two would prove, in Louganis’ words, that “where there is love, there is family.”

In 2016, Jordan returned to Cambodia to perform a diving exhibition for orphans. He sought to inspire the children he was once among and show them what they can achieve.

Jordan is competing in the 3-meter and 10-meter events. His first competition (3-meter Springboard Prelim) is scheduled for Aug. 2 at 3 p.m. (Tokyo time).
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