For example, the Great Britain delegation marched under the formal name Eikoku ("United Kingdom") rather than the better known informal Igirisu ( イギリス), and China's delegation marched under Chūka Jinmin Kyōwakoku ("People's Republic of China") instead of the more common Chūgoku ( 中国). Several of the nations marched under their formal Japanese names.
It was North Macedonia's first appearance at the Summer Olympics under its new name.
It was officially renamed to North Macedonia in February 2019 and the Olympic Committee of North Macedonia (NMOC) was officially adopted in February 2020. The Republic of North Macedonia had previously competed under the provisional name of Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, because of the disputed status of its official name. The names of the teams were announced in French, English, and Japanese, the official languages of the Olympic movement and the host nation, in accordance with Olympic Charter and International Olympic Committee (IOC) guidelines. All other teams entered in between in Gojūon order, based on the names of countries in Japanese. Despite Australia being the host of Brisbane 2032, Australia entered in their natural position in Japanese language order. The United States entered third-to-last as the host of Los Angeles 2028, France entered second-to-last as the host of Paris 2024, and finally the host delegation Japan entered last. 2.2 Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)'s parade entranceĪs the originator of the Olympics, the Greek team entered first, followed by the IOC Refugee Olympic Team, composed of refugees from several countries.Used sparingly against France, forward Ezi Magbegor showed she had a part to play in Tokyo with 15 points, four rebounds and three assists.įormer Canberra Capitals import Jazmon Gwathmey scored 30 points in a lone hand for undersized Puerto Rico, who are still likely to feature in a maiden Olympic campaign after their win over Brazil.įrance locked up their spot at the Olympics by defeating Brazil 89-72, with Australia to face the South Americans at midnight on Sunday (AEDT), before the Australia-based players return home to resume WNBL duties. The Opals managed 29 assists on 39 field goals against Puerto Rico in perhaps the most heartwarming statistic as the side attempts to get their groove back for a medal tilt in Japan. The Opals created an early 13-2 lead and were never threatened, making nine-of-19 three-pointers and shooting an impressive 54 per cent from the field.īetter contributions from forwards Cayla George (11 points, eight rebounds, four assists), Marianna Tolo (nine points, four rebounds) and point guard Leilani Mitchell (nine points, seven assists) would have pleased Brondello, who conceded their lack of chemistry and composure had hurt them against France. There’s still areas to improve on, but we’re happy with the win and one more to go.” “It shows we get a little bit more chemistry the more time we play together. “Defence (needed to improve) first, but our offence had to get better and we had a way better spread tonight,” Opals coach Sandy Brondello said. A clunky Australia struggled to score against France but had ample contributors in Bourges to assist star centre Elizabeth Cambage (31 points, six rebounds).
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