08/08/2021 13:21

• Clarín.com

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Updated 08/08/2021 1:21 PM

The Olympic Games were over and all the tests, medalists and records were on the books.

But it is well worth a review to see what

brands, records and why not curiosities

left this Tokyo 2020 that took a whole year to wait but was finally disputed and, in the middle of a pandemic, could be completed.

As expected, as physical preparation progresses, an area that continues to immerse itself more and more in knowledge and causes a consequent increase in the level of demand and the breaking of barriers on the part of athletes,

the big brands are falling

to as time goes by.

They are few and those that date back many years and it is clear that in future appointments they will continue to be beaten.

But in addition to enjoying consecrating performances, Tokyo

had to deal with other issues

and adapt to some very special Games, the most challenging in history.

This was something of everything that happened on the Japanese date.

World records

At Tokyo 2020, world records were broken in

24 events,

in which

swimmers and rowers

made the greatest strides, breaking

six world records each.

Four world records were broken in weightlifting and three in athletics and track cycling.

A question of winners

Emma McKeon, the big winner of the Games.

Photo DPA

Australian swimmer

Emma McKeon

won seven medals at Tokyo 2020, the most of any athlete.

The 27-year-old triumphed in the women's 50 and 100 meters freestyle, as well as the 4x100 meters freestyle and medley relay, and won three bronzes.

She is the second woman to reach this figure in a Games after Soviet gymnast

Maria Gorokhovskaya

in 1952 (two golds and five silvers).

Caeleb Dressel

from the United States is the athlete who took home the most gold medals.

With five victories in men's 50 and 100 meter freestyle, 100 meter butterfly, 4x100 meter freestyle and medley relay, he was the most successful male swimmer in the Tokyo pool.

He is the tenth athlete and the fifth swimmer to achieve it in a single Games.

Jamaican athlete

Elaine Thompson-Herah

became the first woman to win the 100 and 200 meters in two Olympics.

He also won the 4x100 relay and accumulates five golds.

She is the second woman to reach this figure after

Allyson Felix

(7).

Olympic Games The medal table

Gold, silver and bronze, country by country among the 204 participants of the highest sporting event.

The Dutch

Sifan Hassan

became the first athlete to win a medal in 1,500 (bronze), 5,000 and 10,000 (gold) meters in the same Games.

She is the first athlete to achieve three podium finishes in individual events since 1988, when

Carl Lewis

and

Heike Drechsler

achieved it in 100, 200 and length.

Germany's

Isabell Werth

(individual training) became the third athlete to win gold in six different Olympics, after fellow paddler

Birgit Fischer

and Hungarian fencer

Aladar Gerevich

.

A total of

94 different countries achieved at least one medal

, more than in any other edition.

The previous record was 87 in Beijing 2008. Turkmenistan, San Marino and Burkina Faso achieved the first metal in their history.

And a total of 66 countries achieved at least one gold, also a new record after the 59 of Rio 2016. The Philippines, Qatar and Bermuda achieved

the first gold in their history.

No age limit

Momiji Nishiya receives congratulations from Brazilian Rayssa Leal.

AP Photo / Ben Curtis

At 13 years and 330 days,

Momiji Nishiya

(Japan), the women's street skateboarding champion, was the youngest Olympic gold medalist in Tokyo.

American diver

Marjorie Gestring

, at 13 years and 267 days, set the record for the youngest winner at the 1936 Berlin Games.

Taking into account all the places on the podium, Japanese 

Kokona Hiraki

(12 years old), silver in the women's skateboarding park, was the youngest medal winner in Tokyo, while 62-year-old Australian equestrian rider

Andrew Hoy

was the winner. of the oldest Olympic medal, with silver in team events and bronze in individual.

He was the oldest medalist since 1968.

The oldest Olympic champion at the Tokyo Games was German equestrian

Dorothee Schneider

.

At the age of 52, she won team gold, with her partner

Jessica von Bredow-Werndl

and the aforementioned Isabell Werth, who is also 52 years old and only months younger than her.

Tests everywhere

A volunteer holds a sign asking for the chinstrap to be worn.

AP Photo / Manu Fernandez

Tokyo 2020 was unique, not only because it is the first time in history that an Olympic Games have been postponed, but also because they were held with the COVID-19 pandemic

still rampant

, especially with its variants.

Organizers said that since July 1,

436

Olympic and Paralympic staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 as of this closing Sunday.

42,500 arrival tests were performed with a positivity rate of 0.08 percent and

571,000 screening tests

were

administered

with a positivity rate of

0.02 percent.

Digital interaction

As spectators were not allowed in the vast majority of venues, the IOC used digital interaction to create an atmosphere

that made the athletes feel that they were not alone.

In the stadiums a "wall of joy" was installed with more than 2.5

million videos

from different corners of the world, supporting the athletes from their national Olympic committees and the Olympic Refugee Team.

The IOC reported that the Tokyo 2020 social media posts had generated more than

4.7 billion interactions as of

Friday, most of them during the time of the Games.

Xinhua and EFE.

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