Tokyo Olympics: However, the ‘Softball’ game competition will begin two days before the opening ceremony, i.e. on July 21 in Fukushima.
This time in the Olympics, there will be 339 medals for 33 games. The first medal ceremony will be held on July 24.
Japan had to postpone its preparations for the event due to the Coronavirus epidemic in 2020, and in 2021 it was clouded by apprehensions. But after considering all the issues, the Government of Japan and the International Olympic Committee gave its event a go-ahead.
However, it was decided that visitors from any country other than Japan would not be able to go to Tokyo and watch the game.
Japan has held the Olympics three times before – in 1964, 1972, and 1988.
What is the mascot of the Tokyo Olympics?
The mascot of the Olympic Games to be held in Tokyo has been named ‘Miraitova’ and ‘Somety’. It has been given a special Japanese indigo blue color pattern.
They represent both the cultural tradition and modernity of Japan. ‘Miraitova’ is inspired by the Japanese proverb.
In the Japanese word Miraitova, ‘Mirai means ‘future’ and Tova means ‘eternity.
How are Tokyo Olympic medals made?
The medals given to the players at the Tokyo Olympics are made from old electronic goods and phones. For this, the organizers appealed to the people of Japan to donate electronic goods and phones in February 2017.
In the 2010 Olympics held in Vancouver, similar medals were made using electronic items.
The back of the medal has the logo of the Tokyo Olympics,
in front of the stadium picture depicts the Greek goddess ‘Naik’, symbolizing victory.
Olympic torch relay from 25 March
On March 12 last year, the torch of the Tokyo Olympics was lit in the temple of Hera at the holy site of ancient Olympia in Greece. The torch was then handed over to Japan during a ceremony at the Panathenaic Stadium.
Now the torch relay of the Tokyo Olympics will begin in Japan on March 25,
and will end on July 23, with the opening of the Games Mahakumbh.
The torch relay will start from the J Village National Training Center in Fukushima Prefecture, which has suffered a tsunami in 2011 and will run for 121 days. During this time it will pass through 47 provinces of Japan.
The torch relay ceremony has also not been opened to all spectators due to the corona, but it will be broadcast live on the main website of the Tokyo Olympics.
However, Tokyo Olympics CEO Toshiro Mutu said in a press conference that locals can stand on the side of the road and watch the ceremony provided all wear masks and maintain a proper distance from each other.
Japan’s football player Nahomi Kawasumi has refused to participate in the Olympic Torch Relay,
given the complexity of the Tokyo Olympics set to be held this year amid the epidemic.
Kawasumi plays for America’s football team Sky Blue FC. Last year, he also refused to participate in these Olympic Games.
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