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2020 Olympics: Protests hold in Tokyo during opening ceremony; Some countries shun IOC directive on having male, female flagbearers

  Tokyo, July 23, 2021 There were various anti-Olympic Games protests in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, as the opening ceremony for the Tokyo Games got underway at the national stadium on Friday. Dozens of people, surrounded by police, gathered at the city hall with banners saying “Put out the Olympic …

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Support Aliyah Shipman to attend Tokyo 2021 Olympics (Read her story, sign her petition)

Since October of 2019, I have been fighting and medaling for the Haitian Taekwondo Federation in competitions such as the US Open, the Turkish Open, and the Pan-American Olympic Qualification Tournament. During that time, the United States Taekwondo Federation (USAT) and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) never made any …

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