Tokyo: The Tokyo Olympics declared open at a scary empty stadium on Friday after opposing a pandemic delay in the year and messing up the threat of Coronavirus which would make them might be the most unusual game in history.
The Japanese Emperor Naruho made an announcement against the background of thousands of empty seats at the 68,000 Tokyo Olympic Stadium, after Covid-19 forced the organizer to ban the audience at all except a handful of vaccines.
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The stripped ceremony is simplified to reduce the risk of Coronavirus, opened in front of less than 1,000 VIPs and several thousand athletes.
In one visual spotlight, almost 2,000 drones are synchronized to form a revolving globe above the stadium, to the cover version “Imagine “John Lennon.
It is much lower than the usual numbers, filling the stadium, not everything socially arbitrary but all wear masks.
The International Olympic Committee of President Thomas Bach admits the game will be” very different from what we all imagine.
“But” today is a moment of hope “, he said in an address.
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Athletes are tested every day but they appear at the biggest stage below the constant risk that positive tests can Ruin the Olympic dream Explode above the head.
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“Until now it feels like it’s not like the Olympics, but now we are near the stadium, it feels like an Olympics,” he told AFP.
Japan has spent almost $ 15 billion in a match, including an additional fee of $ 2.6 billion after they became the first to be postponed in the history of the modern Olympics in March 2020.
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Tokyo also struggles in a surge in virus cases, and is under emergency steps even though they fail.
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Organizers will expect public opinion to change when a full sports program starts on Saturday, with swimming, gymnastics, road cycling and tennis among the main tourist attractions.
Attention will focus on the new generation of Olympic stars who want to shine after a decade dominated by people like Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps.
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US Swimmer Caeleb Dressel can target seven gold medals, 400 meters Hurdlers Karsten Warsten from Norwher and Sydney McLaughlin among those who hope to appear as a household name.
In gymnastics, Simone Biles will try to navigate his enchanting career by equaling Larisa Latinina’s record of nine Olympic gold medals.
Surfing, skateboard, climbing sports and karate all made their Olympic debut, while New Zealand Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard would be the first game transgender athlete.
This pandemic is not the only hiccup, with a scandal from corruption during the bidding process until the accusation of plagiarism on the design of the Tokyo 2020 logo.
The controversy continued until the night of the match, with the opening ceremony director was sacked on Thursday because making a joke referring the Holocaust in the video from 1998 .
Insiders estimate the IOC will be in a hook for around $ 1.5 billion in broadcasting income hooks if the game has been canceled.