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Tokyo, May 23 (EFE) .- (Camera: María Roldán / Yoko Kaneko / Antonio Hermosín) The preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are advancing in a rarefied environment and growing suspicion among the Japanese public two months before its inauguration, while the country is going through its fourth wave of Covid-19 and with issues still to be clarified.FOOTAGE OF THE STREETS OF ROPPONGI HILLS (TOKIO)SOUNDBITES BY KIMIO KURAMURA, TAXI DRIVER, AND TAKEHIKO SATO, TOKYO RESIDENTKURAMURA:kuramura. “It is difficult to control covid in Japan because you cannot order a lockdown. In this situation of ups and downs, I do not think contagions will be reduced.SATO:2. «Infections can be avoided and will never end. So I think they better have a global competition to cheer people on. "
Tokyo (Japan), Aug 26 (EFE).- An exhibition in the Japanese capital brings Paralympic sport closer to the public through virtual reality, design and the experience of parathletes.The pink mascot of the Games, Someity, welcomes the Paralympic Gallery, an exhibition located in the central neighborhood of Ginza during the competition and until September 5.The name of this mascot with petals in the ears refers to the variety of Japan's most popular cherry tree in the country and the superpower of around 4,400 athletes in Tokyo these days, who do not stop chasing their dreams. (Camera: CARMEN GRAU VILA). B-ROLL OF THE PARALYMPICS GALLERY EXHIBITION IN GINZA, TOKYO, JAPAN.SOUND BITE: KENTARO ASAKAWA, DIRECTOR OF PROMOTION OF TOKYO 2020 PROJECT OF THE TOKYO METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT (IN JAPANESE).- The objective of this exhibition is to bring the public closer to Paralympic sport and parathletes.
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
Sao Paulo / Rio de Janeiro / Brasilia, Aug 7 (EFE).- The trio of silver medals won by Brazilian skateboarders at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo has fueled a craze for the sport in their homeland.Only host nation Japan did better than Brazil in the debut of skateboarding as an Olympic discipline, grabbing five of the 12 medals available across the four events.Kelvin Hoefler and Pedro Barros took silver in the men's street and men's park events, respectively, but Rayssa Leal's second-place finish in the women's street competition has had the biggest impact in Brazil. (Camera: WALLACE CARVALHO/ JANAÍNA QUINET/ ALEX MIRKHAN).B-ROLL OF PEOPLE SKATEBOARDING IN SAO PAULO, RIO DE JANEIRO AND BRASILIA, BRAZIL.
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