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OYAMA, Japan 鈥� Anna Kiesenhofer finally figured out a way to beat the powerhouse Dutch in the women鈥檚 Olympic road race. Make them forget you鈥檙e even there.

The late Dylan Jones never got to the Olympics. But in a sense he will be there today in Tokyo when sa国际传媒 opens in men鈥檚 rugby sevens against Great Britain at 5:30 p.m.

An Island mountain bike trail greatly aided in the preparation for the Tokyo Olympics. It isn鈥檛 Bear Mountain, where the national team is centralized.

The 2020 Olympic Games, delayed by one year, have begun in Tokyo. Here are the 10 most memorable moments provided by Island athletes in the Summer Olympic Games: 1.

Defenceman Gannon Laroque of the Victoria Royals was one of the second-day surprises in the NHL draft on Saturday. He went a lot sooner than projected, 103rd overall in the fourth round to the San Jose Sharks, among 33 WHL players selected.

The Langford-based Canadian women鈥檚 sevens rugby Olympic team launched a blistering broadside Saturday in a media conference, mostly about societal issues, while wearing black T-shirts that read 鈥淏IPOC Lives Matter鈥� and orange masks reading 鈥淓very Ch

This Olympics, amid high summer in Tokyo, will be the hottest in history.

It鈥檚 in that other hockey 鈥� the one in the Summer Games 鈥� in which James Kirkpatrick of Victoria will make his Olympic debut this morning in Tokyo when sa国际传媒 plays Germany.

The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics began 颅Friday with a solitary figure on a 颅treadmill. It was a simple but poignant evocation of the last 16 months. But the delay wasn鈥檛 all that bad for some athletes.

About 75 Island or Island-based athletes will compete in the Tokyo Olympics over the next 16 days and the Tokyo Paralympics to follow next month.