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Naraha, Mar 25 (EFE).-The Olympic torch relay for the Tokyo Summer Games began in northeast Japan's Fukushima prefecture on Thursday with members of the national women's football team carrying the flame under anti-Covid-19 measures.After a restricted ceremony with no public attendance to prevent Covid-19 infections, the relay started at J-Village, a sports facility that until recently had served as a logistics base for clean-up efforts after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.(Camera:MARIA ROLDAN)SHOT LIST: THE KICK-OFF OF THE OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY FOR THE TOKYO 2020 GAMES IN THE FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE.
Tokyo, Mar 24 (EFE) .- The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday announced that the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will be postponed to 2021 due to the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic (Camera: KIMIMASA MAYAMA).FOOTAGE SHOW B-ROLLS OF THE OUTSIDE OF THE TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC STADIUM IN TOKYO AND ELECTRIC BOARDS SHOWING STOCK INDICATORS IN TOKYO.
Hubo the humanoid robot took part in the 2019 Winter Olympic Games torch relay in the South Korean city of Daejon on Monday, becoming the first robot to have the honor. The robot crashed through a brick wall to show his stronger side as part of the relay ceremony before passing the flame on to Dr Oh Jun Ho. South Korea has announced plans to employ a fleet of 85 robots ‘volunteers’ in the Winter Olympics. Eleven different types of robots are set to be used for various tasks during the games, including helping tourists make deliveries, painting murals and taking part in the torch rally.
Tulcan, Sep 11 (EFE).- Authorities, friends, family and residents of the Ecuadorian city of Tulcán, the capital of the Andean province of Carchi, received with massive party Saturday Richard Carapaz, the cyclist and gold medalist from the past Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Camera: XAVIER MONTALVO).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE GATHER TO WELCOME CYCLIST AND GOLD MEDALIST FROM TOKYO OLYMPICS, RICHARD CARAPAZ, IN TULCAN, CARCHI, PROVINCE, ECUADOR.
Tokyo, Sep 5 (EFE).- (Camera: Franck Robichon). The president of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) on Sunday said it was "unbelievable" that the Tokyo Paralympic Games went ahead despite the enormous logistical challenge posed by the coronavirus pandemic.FOOTAGE OF THE FIREWORKS FROM THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE TOKYO 2020 PARALYMPIC GAMES AT THE TOKYO OLYMPIC STADIUM.