Opening Ceremony on the 23rd of the Tokyo Olympics Player preparation is in the final stages

The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics will be held on the 23rd of this month, four days later, and the 17-day tournament will begin.

In many competitions, official practice at the venue begins in earnest, and the preparation of the players is in the final stage.

The Tokyo Olympics will be postponed for one year due to the spread of the new corona infection, and the opening ceremony will be held at the national stadium on the 23rd of this month in an extremely unusual way, with most of the competitions including the opening ceremony being held without spectators.

With the arrival of athletes and related parties from overseas peaking, official practice at some venues has started from 19th, and more than 10 new competitions such as judo, swimming, table tennis, and volleyball will be held. I will.

It is scheduled to start one after another according to the competition schedule after the 20th, and the preparation of the players for the actual performance will enter the final stage.

In addition, from the 21st, some competitions will be held prior to the opening ceremony.

Softball, which has returned to the Olympic Games since the Beijing Games, will start the game in Fukushima City ahead of all the games, Japan will face the first game with Australia, and the soccer women's game will also start in Sapporo City etc., Japan will be Canada It is supposed to be the first match with.

On the other hand, there have been a series of cases in which athletes and related parties have tested positive for the new coronavirus, and so far, three positive athletes and those involved in the competition have been confirmed in the Olympic Village.

By the 18th, the Games Organizing Committee announced that among the athletes of the Tokyo Olympic Games and those involved in the Games, the number of people who are positive for the new corona is 55, including those living overseas and in Japan.

With concerns about the spread of infection affecting the competition schedule, etc., measures for the new corona will be the biggest issue during the competition, and the Games Organizing Committee and IOC are on the verge of realizing a safe competition. ..