Letsile Tebogo Won Botswana Their First Ever Olympic Gold Medal! And Became The First African To Win

Letsile Tebogo won Botswana their first ever Olympic gold medal! and became the first African to win the men’s 200m at the Olympics.

He dedicated his gold medal to his mother who passed away just a few months ago. His nails have her initials and her birthday on his track spikes to honor her.

Mobina Nematzade, winner of the bronze medal in taekwondo. 🥉

What night as an Iranian girlie

I'm so proud of her. 😭

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Marcelat Sakobi of Democratic Republic of Congo, at the end of the women’s round of 32 boxing match against Uzbekistan's Sitora Turdibekova, made a strong gesture to raise awareness of the ongoing genocide in the DR Congo by placing her hand in front of her mouth and pointing two fingers at her temple.

Resources for Congo:

Friends of Congo

Panzi Foundation

War Child

CammeDRCongo

Genocide Watch

A guide to the decades-long conflict in DR Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Industrial mining of cobalt and copper for rechargeable batteries is leading to grievous human rights abuses.

An explanation thread from 2019.

Books on Congo.

Feel free to let me know of other resources to add.

Team Japan: 2022 Beijing Olympic Figure Skating Team Event Silver Medalists

Congratulations to Kaori Sakamoto, Wakaba Higuchi, Yuma Kagiyama, Shoma Uno (absent), Riku Miura, Ryuichi Kihara, Misato Komatsubara, and Tim Koleto! 🥈