Tokyo: For competing athletes in the Tokyo match, the Olympic village will almost all see, with rigorous Coronavirus rules prevent them from leaving complex except to practice and compete.
They live in the village it will also be shorter than usual: competitors can only arrive five days before their event, and have to go in 48 hours to win or lose.
It’s like a normal day at Tokyo 2020’s Waterside Mini-City: This village was built to sleep up to 18,000 Olympians, coaches and officials.
They have to get up fresh, even though at 4:40 a morning sunbathing, thanks to a thick black curtain.
As in many Japanese houses, the room is limited, however – a single room measures only nine square meters (100 square feet), and two square meters.
(Twitter photo) Bed and wall partition made of sturdy recycling cartons, to be cleaned after the game when 21 towers are converted into a luxury house.
Maybe it’s not so good if your neighbors are snoring, however …
time for daily Coronavirus tests – requirements for everyone who lives in the village.
They will manage the saliva antigen test itself and then submit it to be processed.
The second positive and positive results on the more accurate PCR test meant a trip to clinic fever, a small prefab building in the village center.
In the clinic, the third test determines whether you are out of the game and need to isolate or go to the hospital.
Forgot to wear a mask can be easy, especially in the morning – but they are obligatory in the village, except during sleep and eat.
(AFP photo) on the way to breakfast, athletes can check applications that show how crowded communal areas, including two vast 3,000 canteen floors.
The villagers were asked to eat alone to avoid spreading potentially contagious droplets.
Each chair is played with plexiglass.
There are many choices of food, with traditional Japanese cuisine highlighted.
Almost every diet preference is fulfilled – vegetarian, halal, gluten-free – with the nutritional value shown clearly.
Sportsmen and the world’s top women can practice in a large gym with 600 cardio machines and weight.
Mandated masks even when sweating, and even though the gym machine is cleaned frequently, users are recommended to disinfect them before starting.
(AFP photo) Public transportation and walking outside the village is prohibited, so athletes must take a special bus from the site – built on reclamation land in Tokyo Bay – to training places or center.
Upon returning to their village, the Olympic team can stop at the “village plaza”, a wooden attachment that combines traditional Japanese construction techniques.
Inside there are ATMs, cleanliness services, hairdressers, and cafes, among other conveniences – giving athletes the opportunity to buy souvenirs, even though sightseeing is outside the card.
It’s dark.
Return to the village, a tired athlete can take one of the 17 self-drive transportation, which circulates the site 24 hours a day, back to their blocks.
Each can accommodate 19 passengers and there are human operators on board to guard.
(Photo of Reuters) After dinner, athletes are not obliged to remain confined in their room.
The village recreation center gives a signal, with the console and the Nintendo room to relax, or they can roam around the Waterside Park.
Having a post-dinner beer Al Fresco is not an option, because alcohol is prohibited in groups and in public places.
Any violation of the rules will be punished, the organizers have said – with disqualification of the game possibility.
Competitors are not permitted to bring family members with them.
But before going to bed, they can chat with loved ones at home using free wifi.