This year’s Olympics in Tokyo is feeling a bit different with the empty stadiums due to COVID. That said, it’s still bringing me much joy to watch any sport at any time that I can imagine with +300 events across 41 different sports and athletes that have become household names - Ledecky, Biles, Rapinoe and more! And of course, there’s always the great visualizations to track all the events and medals. I wanted to share a few articles/visuals that made me smile and brought me some inspiration.

WaPo - Who dominates the Olympics? Depends on the sport.

WaPo medal counts and icons for select sports dominated by a country

NYT - Adam Ondra The Climber

Ondra climbing

Bloomberg - Tokyo Summer Olympics Medal Count

Historic medal counts by sport

NYT - Australia Dominates Again in the Women’s 4x100 Freestyle Relay

Within race speeds heatmap

WaPo - How Katie Ledecky swims faster than the rest of the world

Ledecky swim times comparision

Check those out and hope it brings you some joy as well!

Happy plotting!