On June 22, local time, Tokyo, Japan, Japan’s New National Stadium, this is the main venue of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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(Tokyo Olympics) Preview: What is "different" in the Tokyo Olympics?
China News Service, Beijing, July 17 (Reporter Wang Zumin) From the time the International Olympic Committee issued the "postponement statement" that aroused global attention and heated discussion in March 2020, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have been "extraordinary". The imprint of the new crown pneumonia epidemic that swept the world, making the Tokyo Olympics the first postponed Olympic Games in the more than 100-year history of the modern Olympic movement.
After more than a century of development and evolution, the Olympic Games has long gone beyond the scope of competitive sports. It is also a stage for a country to fully display its own image, a major event worth tens of billions of dollars, and a grand celebration that can trigger a global carnival at the same time. …The Tokyo Olympics in 1964 even promoted the further development of Japan’s economy and became an important milestone in the country’s development history.
The postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will bring many losses to Japan. It is hard to estimate, and this unprecedented Olympic Games, which is shrouded in the shadow of the epidemic, will show many "differents."
-"Different" atmosphere.
The modern Olympic movement was born in the name of "truce" and "peace". Therefore, reunion and joy have become one of the keynotes of the Olympic Games.
However, due to the impact of the epidemic, the reunion of the Olympic family has been impossible for the current Olympic Games. Players from North Korea and other countries and some events have announced their withdrawal.
The fourth emergency declaration for Tokyo, which was issued a week ago, made the pre-match atmosphere of this Olympics even more solemn, and the ever-increasing worries and fears wiped out the joyful atmosphere before the previous Olympics.
According to Japanese media reports, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has become the least anticipated by the local people.
It can be expected that the hustle and bustle of the streets and alleys of the Olympic Games held in the previous Olympic Games, the colorful colors composed of the "fancy costumes" of audiences from various countries surging everywhere, in Tokyo during the Olympics, can only become a remembrance.
On July 9, local time, the Tokyo Olympic flame arrived in Tokyo, Japan, and the torch welcoming ceremony was held at the Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium.
The picture shows the ceremony site.
——The suspense of "different".
Competing for gold and silver has always been the main theme of the Olympic Games.
The gold medal forecast and situation analysis of various countries and various projects, and the "grass and grievances" of some famous players or sports teams, etc., have become the focus of attention of the audience before the game.
But now, "how the Olympics will be presented in an emergency situation" has become the biggest suspense of the Tokyo Olympics.
And the recent epidemic information that is still being released from Tokyo is also constantly weakening the outside world's attention to the Olympic Games itself.
How does the Tokyo epidemic develop, and will the Olympics trigger a new round of epidemics?
During the Olympics, will there be any infections of players that will affect the continuation of the event?
Due to the need for epidemic prevention and limited media interviews, will it affect the audience's comprehensive understanding of this Olympics... Various concerns and questions constitute a new suspense for this Olympics.
——The "different" field.
Tokyo’s entry into the fourth emergency declaration means that the entire Tokyo Olympics will be carried out under an "emergency."
This declaration decided that the Tokyo Olympic Games in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, and Saitama will be held in empty venues without spectators. This will also be the first Olympic Games "held behind closed doors" in history.
In other venues, current limiting measures will also be adopted, that is, "50% of the capacity and no more than 10,000 people."
Ibaraki, where the football is held, will be limited to those holding tickets for the school cooperation to watch the game.
At a time when TV or network broadcasting is far clearer than the scene and the watching environment is more comfortable, some major sports events are still hard to find because of the unique experience of being on the scene.
But this time in Tokyo, there will be no cheering for the athletes when they enter the stadium, and there will be no screams or tsunamis when they are smashed or scored brilliantly. There will also be no applause and cheers when the flag is raised... the "quietest" session What kind of look and feel the Olympics will be will require each audience in front of the screen to taste for themselves.
On July 13, Japan’s Tokyo Olympic Athletes Village officially opened to welcome athletes from all over the world.
Affected by the new crown epidemic, no village entrance ceremony and other celebrations were held that day.
The picture shows a police officer at the entrance of Athletes Village.
-"Different" events.
Liu Guoliang, chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, recently stated that for the purpose of epidemic prevention, players will not be allowed to touch the table with their hands or towels in the Olympic table tennis competition, and players will not be allowed to blow the ball.
As soon as this statement was made, it immediately sparked heated discussion.
In order to relieve the pressure and keep the hands and the ball dry, it is the small habit of many table tennis players to press the table and blow the ball during the game. Now this new regulation is introduced, or it will create new controversies and penalties for table tennis competitions. Foreshadowing, it is even possible that players will be penalized due to "habit" issues and affect the direction of the event.
Affected by the epidemic, large-scale international sports events around the world are basically in a state of suspension, and most sports teams have "airborne" to the Olympic venues after nearly two years of closed training.
Lack of warm-up for high-level events and insufficient understanding of opponents will greatly increase the suddenness and contingency of events.
——The exploration of "different".
Every Olympic Games is also an important exploration: exploring the improvement and optimization of projects to achieve higher viewing and wider participation; exploring the relationship between sports and the market to further expand the influence of the Olympic Games and individual associations; exploring The value and significance of the Olympic Games are expected to play a more important role in the "community of human destiny"...
The Tokyo Olympics also has a new "exploration"-how to successfully host a "Safe Olympics" under the epidemic situation and during public health emergencies, and provide a new model or benefit for holding large-scale events under special circumstances. Draw on.
Just as the outside world joked, the most certain thing about the Tokyo Olympics is that they are full of uncertainty.
Looking forward to 20 days later, all this "uncertainty" will be replaced by "determination"-the Tokyo Olympics will be successfully held and successfully concluded!
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