READ | Tokyo 2020, an Olympics like no otherBach and the IOC will be watching. “So, it is inevitable that the woke culture that has been so prevalent for the last few years will impact on sport.”There’s ample evidence of Tokyo being a ‘woke Olympics’ already. “These will be very woke Olympics, I think so,” American sprinter Rai Benjamin, who recently ran the third-fastest 400m hurdles race in history, tells this paper. The IOC, after initially insisting that the Tokyo Games will remain apolitical, had to relent. “It is the athletes who are and who embody the substance, spirit, and value of the Olympic Games.

Source: Indian Express July 22, 2021 13:10 UTC