A Little Weekend Roundup

On this date eight years ago, London 2012 officially opened. The Games featured 10,768 athletes from 204 countries, and represented the second time London hosted.

Fanny Blankers-Koen's exploits at London 1948 are the focus in the latest entry of the "Beyond the World War II We Know" series from The New York Times.  Competing at the first post-war Games, Koen - who appeared 12 years earlier at Berlin 1936 - won four gold medals in track & field.

Stina Nilsson doubles down on her 2020 switch from cross-country star to biathlon.

The International Skating Union has a roundup of short track stars' training during the Covid-19 lockdown.

World Athletics: Darlan Romani pushes past Tokyo 2020 postponement disappointment to train for another podium.

Interested in knowing more about Rikako Ikee, the star of Tokyo 2020's one year-out celebration?

Olympic Channel: Mai Murakami is recovering from injury and looking forward to lots more gymnastics.

RTE shares a look at modern pentathlete Natalya Coyle as she pushes through the lockdown to reach Tokyo 2020 in top form.

The Associated Press has their own look at would be-Olympians' perspective of Tokyo 2020 at the would-be 2020 start.

Phil Dalhausser wins his 100th career beach volleyball title, joining an exclusive club of top performers.

Sanya Richards-Ross shares her Beijing 2008 heartbreak with The Players' Tribune in empathy with the frustrations of missing the Olympics this year for Tokyo 2020 athletes.

And...right on the heels of the one year-out celebration, here's a reality check. Whomp Whomp