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Added on the 08/08/2021 16:17:00 - Copyright : AFPTV - First 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
Tokyo, Aug 8 (EFE).- (Camera: Miguel Ángel Moreno). The Tokyo Olympic Games concluded this Sunday with a closing ceremony that was surrounded by mixed feelings until the end, with dances and a DJ at the Olympic Stadium and protests in an exterior surrounded by the police.FOOTAGEOF THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE STADIUM WHERE THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE TOKYO 2020 AND THE PROTESTS AGAINST TAKEN PLACE.SOUNDBITES OF: 1- Takamichi Masui."To try to see the competitions, as there was no public, I went outside some venues. In Aomi, from a park, I saw sport climbing, but only a small part of the stage. In Ariake urban park, from outside Yurikamome station I saw the Freestyle BMX. In Odaiba I saw part of the mixed relays. "2- Minoru."In this situation, the medical system is on the verge of collapse, the covid is not over yet. I think that if that money is spent for the Olympics, it should be used for the welfare of the people, that is, if you spend this money (indirectly) it is causing the death of people. "3.- Atsushi Futatami"My University is near here, when I saw an event near an area that I knew, I decided to approach it today, although I could not come at the inauguration, and since it has been a wonderful Games.Now I can't get close to the stadium ... But I have been able to see the night view. I was also able to enjoy the great performance of the athletes. "
Paris, Aug 8 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: Ian Langsdon) Paris took over from Tokyo this Sunday and officially welcomed this new Olympic stage with a ceremony in the capital that served as an aperitif for the Games of 2024.FOOTAGE OF THE CELEBRATION CLOSE TO THE EIFFEL TOWER IN PARIS.
Fireworks light up the sky above Tokyo's Olympic Stadium as the closing ceremony for the postponed 2020 Olympic Games gets underway. IMAGES
Madrid, Jul 28 (EFE).- Spanish taekwondo silver medalist Adriana Cerezo and mountain-bike bronze medalist David Valer arrived home Wednesday from Tokyo Olympics, as family, friends and supporters awaited to greet them. (Camera: RAMON AYALA).SHOT LIST: SPANISH MEDALISTS FROM 2020 SUMMER OLYMPICS ARRIVE AT BARAJAS AIRPORT, IN MADRID, SPAIN.