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By Chris Gallagher
TOKYO (Reuters) â Japanese cheerleaders danced and waved pom poms outside a Tokyo train station on Thursday to show their support for Olympic athletes the day before the pandemic-postponed Summer Games finally get underway.
âLetâs support them with all our strength!â head cheerleader Kumi Asazuma shouted to passers-by outside Shimbashi Station as the four-person squad clapped and kicked their legs to the beat of Tony Basilâs 1980âs classic âHey Mickeyâ.
Squad members held up signs saying âTo all athletesâ, âFight!â, and âTokyo 2020â with an image of the Olympic rings, as they performed in the blazing sun with temperatures already topping 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) before 9 a.m.