![]() ![]() We apologised to those countries including Ukraine and our viewers'. After its use of offensive images and explanations prompted criticism online, MBC issued an apology saying: 'Inappropriate images and captions were used to introduce some stories. In the opening ceremony shorn of glitz and overshadowed by a pandemic but defined by hope, tradition and gestures of diversity, Japan's global superstar Naomi Osaka on Friday lit the Olympic cauldron to mark the start of the world's biggest sporting event. In its captions broadcasting the ceremony, the network referred to the Marshall Islands as 'once a nuclear test site for the United States', and Syria as the country that has 'a civil war going on for 10 years'. The broadcaster, MBC, used images of pizza to describe Italy, an upheaval for Haiti, Chernobyl for Ukraine, salmon for Norway, when athletes from those countries entered the stadium for the opening ceremony. Reuters are reporting trouble out of South KoreaĪ South Korean TV network has apologised after using inappropriate images and captions to describe countries during the Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony on Friday. ![]() Scroll through some of our selected Olympics articles: Tokyo Olympics 2021: competition schedule Holocaust joke sees opening ceremony director fired ( read more) Opening ceremony off with a bang ( read more) Korea Republic edge the Netherlands to collect Archery gold (mixed) Vito Dell'Aquila defeats Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi to win men's taekwondo Richard Carapaz takes gold in the Men's road race USA beat New Zealand in Women's soccer ( full match) China's Qian wins first gold medal at Tokyo 2020 in women's 10m air rifle ![]() 9:00 pm ET | Women's softball (opening round) Medal events: 18Īrchery (women's team) cycling (women's road race), diving (women's 3m synchro), fencing (women's foil, men's epee), judo (women's -52kg, men's -66kg), shooting (women's 10m air pistol, men's 10m air rifle), skateboarding (men's street), swimming (men's 400m medley, men's 400m free, women's 400m medley, women's 4x100 free relay), taekwondo (women's -57kg, men's -68kg), weightlifting (men's 61kg, men's 67kg). 8:30 pm ET | Women's hockey (pool matches) 8 pm ET | Women's handball (preliminary rounds) 8pm ET | Women's beach volleyball (prelimnary stages) If you want to see what's happening right now, head to our Olympic section and see what's live right now. Here are some key skateboarding terms to keep in mind, according to the San Francisco Exploratorium's skateboard science glossary.This Day 1 feed has now closed (but feel free to scroll down and see how it all happened!). Unlike street skating, where skaters navigate stairs, handrails, benches and other obstacles typically found in urban streetscapes, the park events feature riders tackling a hollowed-out course of curves and bowl-shaped ramps. The men and women's street events were held last week, with the park events taking place this week. Skateboarding: This sport is new to this year's Olympics. It refers to bulging forearms that are pumped full of blood during a more grueling climb.
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