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Fireworks light up the sky above Tokyo's Olympic Stadium as the closing ceremony for the postponed 2020 Olympic Games gets underway. IMAGES
Tokyo, Mar 31(EFE/EPA).-A Tokyo Olympic Games countdown clock outside Tokyo Station in Tokyo has been granted 365 more days to count down after the organizing committee and the International Olympic Committee on Monday postponed the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games by one year to July 23, 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Camera: FRANCK ROBICHON).FOOTAGE SHOWS A TOKYO OLYMPIC GAMES COUNTDOWN CLOCK OUTSIDE TOKYO STATION IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Mexico City, Dec 15 (EFE).- Mexican archer Ana Paula Vázquez on Sunday won the first round of the qualifying competition for the Mexican national archery team to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by beating Olympic medalists Aída Román and Mariana Avitia.Vázquez, 19-year-old junior world runner-up, won 130 points, followed by Román (74) and Avitia (73), which put her one step closer towards the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (Camera: ULISES ANDRADE).FOOTAGE SHOWING ANA PAULA VÁZQUEZ TAKING TO THE MEDIA IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.SOUNDBITES: ANA PAULA VAZQUEZ (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATIONS: It was a very good competition - full of emotions, experiences and feelings - and that all this leads to learning. It was a fruitful competition, but you have to work harder to maintain the same position in the next round.
Fireworks are released at the Japan National Stadium as the Opening Ceremony for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games gets under way. IMAGES
As the Tokyo Olympics draw to a close, a flypast above the French capital marks the handover of the Games to Paris. IMAGES
A group of around 50 protesters demonstrate outside Tokyo's Olympic Stadium, chanting "We don't need the Olympics, nor the Paralympics!" and "Stop the closing ceremony!" as the curtain falls on the biggest sports event since the pandemic. IMAGES
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