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Tokyo, Jun 23 (EFE/EPA).- With just 30 days to go before the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, the president of the organizing committee said Wednesday that safety will take precedent over fun at the event.Seiko Hashimoto told reporters that festivities must be curbed as it was important to avoid large movements of people during the event.Hashimoto also urged people to refrain from cheering or shouting and try to avoid crowds while stressing Japan's efforts to hold a safe Olympics in the midst of a global pandemic. (Camera: FRANCK ROBICHON).SHOT LIST: EXTERIOR VIEW OF NEW NATIONAL STADIUM FOR TOKYO OLYMPICS, IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Tokyo, Jun 20 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Kimimasa Mayama) The Tokyo 2020 organizers on Sunday unveiled the Olympic Village, which has been adapted to prevent the spread of the coronavirus during next month's Games.The athletes and coaching personnel will spend most of their time during the Olympics within these facilities as they are banned from leaving the Village to move freely in the country.FOOTAGE OF THE VILLA.
Tokyo, Oct 21 (EFE/EPA).- Organizers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games have put the security measures they are considering to the test, in which anti-COVID-19 measures such as the use of heat-sensitive stickers will be added to routine controls.Tokyo 2020 rehearses dozens of scenarios since Monday for the establishment of control measures in the areas of access and transit of spectators and personnel, a process opened to the press Wednesday, on the last day of testing. (Camera: KIMIMASA MAYAMA/MARIA ROLDAN). SHOT LIST: ORGANIZERS OF THE TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES TEST SECURITY AND COVID-19 PREVENTION MEASURES IN THE AREAS OF ACCESS AND TRANSIT OF SPECTATORS AND PERSONNEL, AT TOKYO BIG SIGHT CONVENTION CENTER, IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Tokyo, Aug 6 (EFE).- Olympics organizers in Japan “don't want to hold competitions without an audience” but know stadiums will not be full due to the pandemic, Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto said in an interview with Efe.He explained how they are dealing with the continuing uncertainty around the event due to the Covid-19 outbreak and outlined some of the measures being considered to hold the Games on 23 July 2021, the revised start date for the competition. (Camera: MARÍA ROLDÁN). SHOT LIST: TOKYO 2020 OLYMPICS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO) TOSHIRO MUTO DURING AN INTERVIEW AT THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE OFFICE IN TOKYO, JAPAN, SOUND BITES: TOKYO 2020 OLYMPICS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO) TOSHIRO MUTO (IN JAPANESE). TRANSLATION: 1. More than 10,000 athletes and committee representatives will come and we expect them to be tested when they leave their countries and of course when they arrive in Japan. 2. I don't think it will be possible to keep the Olympic Village area “clean” if athletes who stay there then go out to dinner somewhere without taking any preventive measures. We think it might be necessary to create a code of conduct for the athletes. 3. We are currently sending staff to baseball games to see the situation with our own eyes and try to learn. And from this fall onwards, world sporting events are expected (to resume). Seeing what measures they are going to take against the coronavirus will be a great reference for us.4. We don't want to hold competitions without an audience and we totally share Bach's point of view. Although before the pandemic spread we talked about holding them with full stadiums, now there is a high probability that we will be forced to discard this idea of having full stadiums. Even so, we don't want them to be totally without an audience.5. Society is going to live with the coronavirus for some time, so the Olympic and Paralympic Games are not going to be like they were before but I have said that we will take all possible measures against the virus. I can't say anything concrete now but I hope we can give more details by the end of the year. I think it is important that we prepare the environment so that people all over the world see that Tokyo is working hard in that direction and want to come.
Merida (Spain), Sep 13 (EFE).- (Camera: Jero Morales) The president of the Government of Extremadura, Guillermo Fernández Vara, thanked the region's Olympic and Paralympic athletes who participated in the Tokyo 2020 Games on Monday for their dedication and achievements.FOOTAGE OF THE RECEPTION OF THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC ATHLETES AT THE GOVERNMENT HEADQUARTERS OF THE PRESIDENCY OF THE EXTREMADURA BOARD, SPAIN.
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