IMAGO Weekend Roundup. As the Olympics continue, athletic events get underway in Tokyo as medal winners continue to surprise crowds. Wildfires blaze across southern Europe, protests erupt in European cities and COVID takes back control of China, Tokyo and elsewhere.
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Emil Zatopek and Dana Zatopkova: how a husband-and-wife team won four Olympic gold medals at the 1952 Games.
Words by Andy Murray. In his latest sports column for us, Andy Murray takes a look at the story behind the Olympic power couple. Both athletes in the Czech team in Helsinki’s 1952 Olympic Games, Dana Zatopek won her first gold in the women's javelin throw, just one hour after her husband won the men's 5,000 metre run.
26.07 WEEKEND ROUND UP.
IMAGO Weekend Roundup. With this year's Olympics beginning this weekend, we bring you the latest news in sport from Tokyo and much more from around the world as this weekend saw environmental disasters continue, protests spark and political divides.
Oil, Afghanistan and Jimmy Carter: Remembering Moscow 1980.
Politics and sport are two entities that most of us would rather keep separate. People don’t tend to go to cricket, rugby, football or even the Olympics intending to engage in heated debate surrounding government policy. Quite the contrary: sport serves as a distraction from the seemingly endless drone of current affairs – none of which ever seems to be particularly positive.
PCN Photography Reflects: The Olympics as Niche Events for the Hardcore Fans
“When people think of sports photography, they think of that climactic action picture,which is a dominant moment in how we think about sports. And it is a very important part of sports photography, but it's not the only part.” - Paul Sutton, PCN Photography.