Amidst COVID scare begins Tokyo Olympics tomorrow

Tokyo scheduled to begin on July 23 after a year-long delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This is the first time that the Olympic Games have been postponed and rescheduled, rather than cancelled.

The opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympics 2021 will take place tomorrow at newly-built National Stadium in the Japanese capital while the closing ceremony will be held on 8 August at the same venue. Leaders from around 15 countries are expected to attend opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympics. Reports in Japan have suggested that those attending the ceremony in person could be as low as 1,000 due to the pandemic.

A total of of around 11,000 athletes from 206 countries are expected to participate in 33 sports in Tokyo Olympic. The mascot of Tokyo Olympics 2020 is named as Miratoiwa.

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