Shocking information.. Tokyo Olympics medals made of e-waste

The organizers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have tried to reduce the size of expenditures after the historic postponement process, but the numbers circulating are still huge, and the following are the most prominent figures for this huge sporting event, which opens on July 23:

15,400

athletes Athletes from 205 countries and regions will participate in the Tokyo Olympics, including more than 11,000 for the Games, and 4,000 for the Paralympic Games.

In addition to them are tens of thousands of coaches, technical staff, officials, IOC personnel, representatives of the media and broadcasters.

The ages of the athletes competing for medals range from 12 years old, such as the Syrian table tennis player Hend Zaza, to 66 years old, which is the case of Australian jockey Mary Hana, who is participating in the Games for the sixth time.

$14.8 billion

The final budget for the postponed games is set at 1.64 trillion yen, including about $0.9 billion (96.3 billion yen) for coronavirus countermeasures. The delay has inflated expenditures by 294 billion yen ($2.6 billion), from staff retention to new infection prevention measures. But the organizers have cut costs where possible, including discounts on expensive extras such as banners, amulets and fireworks.

33 Sports

Athletes will compete in 339 competitions within 33 sports, knowing that four games will be adopted for the first time: Karate, Skateboarding, Surfing and Climbing.

The popular Japanese men's baseball and women's softball will return to the Tokyo Games after an absence of 13 years, but as with karate it will not continue in the Paris 2024 Games.

In a move to increase the fun and excitement, the organizing committee decided with the International Olympic Committee to introduce less traditional competitions Like the 3-3, basketball and off-road BMX bikes are free to basketball and bikes.

In contrast, the Paralympic Games include 22 sports, including rowing, taekwondo and wheelchair fencing, where competitors compete in 539 competitions.

43 Olympic Sites

From a modern aquatics center to a historic martial arts arena, there are 43 Olympic and Paralympic sites in Japan in two main regions. There is the "Tokyo Bay District" in the capital's busy port area, and the more central "Heritage District" that includes many sites from the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Events outside the capital include cycling as road racers tackle the slopes of Mount Fuji and the Olympic marathon In the cooler weather in Sapporo.

A partial football and baseball competition will be held in the northern Tohoku region to show its recovery from the devastating 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

20,000 tests per day The

participating athletes will be subject to tests to detect the Corona virus on a daily basis during the games, as those with positive cases will be prohibited from participating in the competitions and will be quarantined in a hotel or hospital.

20,000 tests will be conducted daily, as announced by Tetsuya Miyamoto, director of medical services in Tokyo 2020, while accompanying a press delegation inside the Olympic Village.

Of these, 100 are expected to be conducted at a designated fever clinic that will be used to test and isolate people suspected of having COVID-19 infection or considered close contact with them.

6.21 million old phones

Four thousand gold, silver and bronze medals at the Tokyo Games were made entirely of recycled metals mined from nearly 79,000 tons of used consumer electronics including laptops, game consoles and digital cameras.

As part of the project, 6.21 million old mobile phones were donated by Japanese electronics stores, schools and the general public who put their goods in yellow donation boxes at post offices and on street corners.

At Rio 2016, about a third of the silver and bronze medals were made from recycled materials.

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