{"id":10800,"date":"2021-08-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koktailmagazine.com\/?p=10800"},"modified":"2021-08-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T00:00:00","slug":"athletes-who-made-history-at-the-tokyo-olympic-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koktailmagazine.com\/th\/2021\/08\/13\/athletes-who-made-history-at-the-tokyo-olympic-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletes Who Made History at the Tokyo Olympic Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s the run-through of the athletes who didn\u2019t only win gold at Tokyo, but also made their mark on the Games\u2019 history<\/h3>\n

Delayed for a year due to the pandemic, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics made history with many firsts. According to the International Olympics Committee, 49 percent of the athletes competing were women, making the 2020 Tokyo Games the most equal and gender-balanced Olympics ever. Full of inspirational victories by barrier-breaking athletes, here are more history-making events that took place at the Olympics:<\/p>\n

Elaine Thompson-Herah<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Jamaican sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah set an Olympic record and a Jamaican national record of 10.61 seconds in the 100 meters at the Tokyo Games—a place no woman has been before.<\/p>\n

Sifan Hassan<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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