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#tokyo2020

Everyday Olympics by Adrian Hogan: Whimsical Illustrations of the Daily Heroic Feats of Athleticism of the People of TokyoThe Tokyo 2020 Olympics is where the world's most elite athletes compete, but Tokyo-based artist and illustrator Adrian Hogan noticed that the gestures of people he saw in everyday life in Tokyo were very much like those of the athletes."I saw a shop clerk recently who threw open their store shutters and it reminded me of a weightlifter throwing their barbell into the air," Hogan wrote on this Instagram post below. And so he drew the shop clerk as as if he was in the Olympics weightlifting competition.That sparked a series of whimsical illustrations showing the "heroic feats of athleticism outside the arenas" performed by the people in Tokyo on a daily basis. View them all on Hogan's Instagram page.Image above: Hogan wrote that a gust of wind blowing someone's umbrella inside out and watching them scramble to get out of the rain reminded him of the Olympic Torch runners.#Olympics #Tokyo2020 #AdrianHogan #Tokyo #sports

Recycling E-Waste Into Olympic MedalsFour years ago, the organizers of Japan’s Olympic and Paralympic Games kicked off a campaign to create 5,000 medals out of discarded electronics. “Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic medals will be made out of people’s thoughts and appreciation for avoiding waste,” said Japanese Olympic gold medalist gymnast Kohei Uchimura, “I think there is an important message in this for future generations.”The campaign asked the Japanese public to donate unwanted electronics or e-waste, including smartphones, digital cameras, handheld gaming consoles and even laptops.  Recycling centers would extract the precious metals in these devices, which will then be made into gold, silver, and bronze medals for the games.According to digitaltrends, in just a year and a half, the e-waste-to-medal campaign received 47,488 tons of equipment and over 5 million mobile phones.  This translated to 28.4 kg (62 lb) of gold (93.7% of the targeted 30.3 kg) and 3,500 kg (7,716 lb)of silver (85.4% of the targeted 4,100 kg).The program was so successful that this year’s games will be the first Olympic and Paralympics to have all of the awarded medals be made from recycled electronic wastes.#Olympics #Paralympics #Tokyo2020 #medal #recycling #eWaste