Chris Boardman signalled the shift when he summed up British Cycling’s performance at the Tokyo Olympics: “Fewer medals but a better story.” What could he mean? We all know sporting performance pushes forward. Innovation never stops as athletes look deeper and search further to raise their game. The new territory this time is fresh vocabulary, human stories and different thinking.

PM Modi to Vinesh Phogat: ‘Don’t get bogged down by defeat’ – Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a brief conversation with wrestler Vinesh Phogat during his meeting with the Indian Tokyo 2020 Olympic contingent over breakfast at his official residence.

Euphemia is not an ordinary woman herself. Perhaps known only in her community as a policewoman but she herself was a formidable sportswoman’s in her day. In 1990 she earned a bronze in the long jump for Trinidad and Tobago in Mexico’s Central American and Caribbean Games.

TT long jumper Andwuelle Wright said the support system at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics helped him deal with the disappointment of not being able to compete after testing positive for covid19.