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  HEND ZAZA Age:  12 Event:  Table Tennis Country:  Syria Olympic Medals:  0 She’s highly unlikely to medal in Tokyo, and may even fall at the first hurdle in her competition, but the 12-year-old will garner plenty of attention because of her remarkable story. At just 11 she beat a 42-year-old opponent in the final of the West  Asia  Olympic Qualification Tournament in  Jordan  to seal her place in Tokyo. But because of the war in her country, that was one of the few occasions she has been able to travel to an international event. Barring any other late, late call-ups, Zaza will be the youngest competitor in these Games, and the fifth-youngest of all time. She’s targeting a medal in Paris 2024; Tokyo, she hopes, is just the beginning of her Olympic journey. Trayvon Bromell reacts after winning the Men’s 100m final of the 2020 US Olympic Track & Field Team Trials in Eugene, Oregon in June. Photograph: Patrick Smith/Getty Images TRAYVON BRO...

Anti-lockdown protestors numbering in the thousands took to the streets in Australia’s big cities, defying stay-at-home orders and clashing with the police. In Sydney, protesters were seen uprooting plants and picking bottles from the sidewalks and hurling them at the police, reported Bloomberg. Another crowd was captured on video, chanting “freedom freedom” and marching in the city’s central business district. David Elliott, police and emergency services minister for New South Wales, criticised the protesters, telling reporters that “these are the sort of people who are going to prolong this lockdown”. About 50 people have been arrested so far in Sydney. Rallies also took place in other cities like Melbourne. The actual number of protesters is not yet known but Elliot indicated around 3,500 people participated in the mass protests. “What we saw today were 3,500 very selfish boofheads,” he said. The protest organisers had dubbed the protest a "freedom" rally and publicised it...