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    Leaving Tokyo: The Olympic moments one reporter brings home

    Aug 09, 2021 4 minutes

    My favorite moment in Tokyo happened when I wasn’t watching. 

    At the men’s team gymnastics final July 26, Sam Mikulak, the ebullient American veteran, finished his vault, celebrated, and walked back to his seat. On the way he passed and high-fived each member of the rival Russian Olympic Committee squad, except for former world champion Artur Dalaloyan. He, despite showing no great interest, got a hug. 

    Mr. Mikulak leaned forward, as though he were hugging his mother. Mr. Dalaloyan leaned back, as though he were hugging a squid – but emerged with grinning eyes. 

    While this happened, I sat about 100 feet away in the parallel press tribune, having turned back to my computer after Mr.

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