After a delay of more than a year due to the pandemic, the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics are finally underway.
Competition began Wednesday morning with Japan's softball team facing off against Australia at the Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium. The opening ceremony will be held Friday, but Olympic events typically begin before the formal start for scheduling purposes. These Olympics are expected to be a competition unlike the world has ever seen.
'This was my final curtain bow': Athlete's Olympic dreams crushed by Covid 02:36The plan was that those participating in the Games would live isolated from the Japanese public, with athletes living in 21 residential buildings. However, the efficacy of that system is already in doubt. "It's obvious that the bubble system is kind of broken," Tokyo public health expert Dr. Kenji Shibuya said in an interview with Reuters.
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