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We can go live now to our team in tokyo. sarah mulkerirns is overlooking the harbour in tokyo. and mariko 0i is in the ginza district of downtown tokyo. great to see the both of you out and about sarah, let me start with you the softball under way with the japanese team scoring a victory. what s the reaction been? yes, welcome along to tokyo. i think finally we were talking about the sport at last and when you have a sporting shock that certainly takes over the headlines. we know that we have been leading with the overnight on the bbc sport website because it is a significant result when you consider that the us women s national team, a world cup winners. they had not been beaten since january 2019. however sweet it are ....
And there s a lot of concerns about him being and there s a lot of concerns about him being there in person as well. would him being there in person as well. would he him being there in person as well. would he complicate a backdrop to be preparing as athletes. sarah you have been talking to some athletes with no spectators in the quarantine, what have you found? it is so different. 0ver quarantine, what have you found? it is so different. over the course of the last 18 months and support we ve been talking to a wide range of athletes, all around the world who have had to try to come up with different ways of training and who have not had the same training facilities that they usually would have. also the fact these games are now happening a year later, that s good for some athletes who needed recovery from injuries potentially and maybe worse for others who were hanging on at the end of their career. so much preparation that usually goes into it and i ve been looking at some of ....
Lockdowns around the world. no treadmill was no problem for the 5000 metre runner paul chelimo. the us athlete took this jokey approach to indoor training. anouk verge depre made use of her sister and nearby balcony to keep her beach volleyball skills sharp. at least the swiss player won t have to worry about trees in tokyo. the philippines hidilyn diaz swept the gym for the kitchen allowing her to a live stream her weightlifting sessions. she also helped raise money forfood parcels for hundreds of families. boxer ginny fuchs made her own gym outside breaking rocks on a hillside with her us training team. while up on the roof, cuban wrestler daniel gregoric worked ....
The ioc and japanese government heard that once the sporting action gets under way that is what the focus will be, and away from some of the controversies and the pandemic. we will be bringing you regular updates from tokyo. we do lack good lighting, and isn t it gorgeous looking across the bay with the sun setting, the rainbow bridge behind me, that will all be lit up, and it is promising to be a lovely evening here. i is promising to be a lovely evening here. . , , ~ is promising to be a lovely evening here. ., , , ,, ., here. i was ust thinking that, it looks here. i wasjust thinking that, it looks lovely here. i wasjust thinking that, it looks lovely as here. i wasjust thinking that, it looks lovely as the here. i wasjust thinking that, it looks lovely as the sun - here. i wasjust thinking that, it looks lovely as the sun is - here. i wasjust thinking that, it i looks lovely as the sun is setting. lucy, thank you so much. speak to you again soon. the uk border force intercep ....
The rest athletes and staff and not to affect the rest of the japanese public, that is the rest of the japanese public, that is now broken. that is a warning that is now broken. that is a warning from medical experts. if you ask the warning from medical experts. if you ask the wt, warning from medical experts. if you ask the ioc, they say this is not going ask the ioc, they say this is not going to ask the ioc, they say this is not going to affect the rest of the japanese public. it is fair to say if you japanese public. it is fair to say if you ask japanese public. it is fair to say if you ask anyone in tokyo, people are not if you ask anyone in tokyo, people are not convinced the olympic bubble is exactly are not convinced the olympic bubble is exactly working. people have been overwhelmingly against the olympics. many of overwhelmingly against the olympics. many of them wanted the olympic gantes many of them wanted the olympic games to many of them wanted the o ....