An Olympic medal winner auctioned off the precious gong she won at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to pay for life-saving heart surgery for a baby.
04.08.2021 - 21:55 / ok.co.uk
Here at OK! we love delving into surprising celebrity friendships. With Olympian Katarina Johnson-Thompson front and centre in Tokyo, we thought it was only right that we did some digging around her lifelong bond with Killing Eve star Jodie Comer.
Jodie, 25, from Childwall and Katarina, 26, from Woolton, became friends while pupils at Catholic girl's school St Julie's in Liverpool and still appear to have one another’s back to this day. When Katarina won a gold medal at the 2019 World Athletics
.An Olympic medal winner auctioned off the precious gong she won at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to pay for life-saving heart surgery for a baby.
Katie Ledecky is always ready to hit the pool. After winning two gold medals and two silver medals at the Tokyo Olympics, the athlete has everything she needs in her swim bag to jump right back into training — or simply refuel after her grueling meets.
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Raven Saunders has received some sad news following her silver medal win at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The spotlight at this year's Olympics in Tokyo has been on the importance of mental health as well as winning gold, especially after the decision by Team USA gymnast Simone Biles to remove herself from some of her events due to a mental block. Now Olympic star Luke Campbell has opened up to OK! to talk about his own conflicts as a sports star who won gold at London 2012 and became the first British boxer to win in his weight division since 1908.
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U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee chief medical officer Dr.
Team USA BMX star Connor Fields was stretchered off the Olympic course after a major crash. Defending champion Fields, 28, needed medical attention after the scary incident in the third heat of the semi-final of the competition at the Tokyo games.
Lady Gaga's fans think they've found her Olympic doppelgänger! Amid the Olympic Games in Tokyo, viewers were delighted to discover that Julyana Al-Sadeq, a 26-year-old taekwondo athlete representing Jordan, shares a remarkable resemblance to Gaga, 35.Fans were quick to take to social media to reflect on the women's similarities, with one person joking, «Lady Gaga said 'f**k GRAMMYs and Oscars, I want a gold Olympic medal now.'»«Lady Gaga is truly the queen of versatility as she recently joined
Former Love Island star Greg O’Shea is heading to Tokyo for the 2020 Olympics to represent Ireland's Rugby 7s team.The 26-year-old took part in the fifth series of the ITV2 dating show, where he ended up winning alongside Amber Gill. Although sadly, the pair broke things off only a month after leaving the villa.
announced Tuesday that she was withdrawing from the team competition following a “stunning breakdown” at the 2020 Olympic Games, citing mental health issues — and not an injury — that were exacerbated by the pressure to be “head star” at the Tokyo Games.After her unexpected departure, the USA women’s gymnastics team ended up taking home the silver medal without 24-year-old Biles, a four-time Olympic gold medalist.After a fraught performance at Tokyo prelims on Monday, Biles already seemed to be