There was a video in which they tried to extinguish the Olympic flame with a water pistol

The video shows a woman trying to extinguish the Olympic flame with a water pistol. 

According to RIA Novosti, the police detained the offender.

It is known that in this way a 53-year-old local resident protested against the Olympics during a pandemic.

Nevertheless, the Olympic torch relay itself continued.

The Olympics, postponed from 2020 to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, will be held from July 23 to August 8.

Earlier it was reported that rowers Morgachev and Sorin were excluded from the national team at the Olympic Games due to meldonium.

Here is footage of the moment when an anti-Olympics protester in Japan squirted water at the #OlympicTorchRelay to symbolically snuff out the # Tokyo2020 Olympic torch.

Police swarmed her & she was detained.

Ibaraka Prefecture.

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- Jules Boykoff (@JulesBoykoff) July 5, 2021