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many local spectators can attend the games. over there is marathon swimming and the triathlon and temporary for the olympic games. this park is normally open to the public but now boarded off in preparation for the games. i spoke to one of the construction workers here who told me he does not think the olympic games should move ahead. infections are rising during the pandemic he tells me. i wonder if what i m doing is good for the people preparing for the olympics, he says. but it s my job to work under the assumption the games are going ahead. tokyo was planning large olympic viewing sites across the city including one at this park as this sign indicates but amid public opposition the government says this will be used as a vaccination site. japan has fully vaccinated less than 3% of its population. people here are not protected. i don t think we should have it. i think everyone i know in tokyo is scared to death of people from all over the world coming. reporter: others in tokyo a
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Dec 29, 2020
The postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has upended a carefully planned sporting calendar calibrated to line up with the Summer Games.
When the decision was taken in March to delay the games for safety reasons, nearly half of the athletes that had hoped to be in Tokyo for the Olympics still did not know for sure, and were immediately put in limbo.
As much of the world instituted strict lockdowns earlier in the year, to help slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, professional and elite sport events around the world had been cancelled.
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i want to introduce you to this woman right here. 15-year-old angel more who swam across lake tahoe more than 20 miles and finished after midnight after 15 hours of swimming. it may have been surprising for those who know her well. this is someone who climbed kilimanjaro. she was 10 when she did that! and she is with us now because she is taking on yet another challenge. the youngest person by the way, to clench what is called the california triple crown of marathon swimming. 21 miles lake tahoe and 12 miles across santa barbara channel and across another channel. thank you for being with us. thank you. you are an hour and a half away from jumping in the water again? yeah. i m going to aquatic park in frond of ghiladarri square.
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