Christine Girard was shocked after learning she would be awarded two Olympic weightlifting medals, one of them gold, following the disqualifications of doping athletes at the Olympic Games 2008 and 2012.

The three-day Tokyo 2020 Olympic boxing test event was held in the iconic Ryōgoku Kokugikan venue, receiving praise from athletes and organisers, as preparations accelerate towards the five Olympic qualification events.  

Olympic.org picks out some of the most eye-catching performances from former Youth Olympic Games (YOG) athletes in recent weeks, as the YOG continue to provide a springboard to the international stage.

The second month of 2019 saw a host of former Youth Olympic Games (YOG) athletes amass an impressive haul of World Championship and continental medals, further enhancing the YOG’s reputation as a springboard to success in the senior ranks.

One of the key pledges of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 organisers was to create venues that were sustainable and would provide a legacy that would see them contribute to the local region long after the Games had finished, in terms of both establishing it as a winter sports hub and enhancing its overall infrastructure.