At OlympicsTokyo 2020, at the Japan, will be held from July 23 to August 8, 2021. They were postponed a year because of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. The 32nd edition of the Olympics is the first of the Modera Era to be postponed - three others were canceled by wars.
Despite the postponement to 2021, the name of the Summer Olympic Games will remain as Tokyo 2020. The Olympics will feature 33 sports, with more than 11,000 athletes expected to participate, representing more than 204 countries.
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Main city
The IOC carried out a process of selection to choose the host city for the 2020 Olympics by twoyears old. On February 15, 2012, Madrid, Istanbul, Baku, Tokyo and Doha became postulant cities to host the Olympic Games. Then, Tokyo, Madrid and Istanbul were chosen as the three finalists to go to the election.
Tokyo was chosen as the host city for the Olympics on September 7, 2013, during the 125th Session of the International Olympic Committee, in Buenos Aires. THE
voteFinal elected the capital of Japan as the host of the Olympic Games with 62% of the votes.
IOC President Jacques Rogge announces Tokyo as the host of the 2020 Olympic Games. (Credits: Reproduction COI / Olympic.org)
Tokyo was officially announced to host the 2020 Olympics at the closing ceremony of the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, in 2016, when the countdown to the 32nd edition of the competition began. The official budget estimate of the Tokyo Olympic Committee was 12.6 billion dollars for the realization of the games. In addition to this amount, the government announced an investment of 7.5 billion dollars.
The structure of the Olympic Games has 43 locations, 25 of which already exist and have undergone adaptation for competitions, 10 temporary and 8 new constructions. Some sports will be played in venues that were built for the 1964 Olympics and remain in activity, such as the Olympic Stadium, the Nippon Budokan and the National Gymnasium of Yoyog.
O Tokyo National Stadium, or Olympic Stadium, went through a great remodeling to host the opening and closing of the Olympic Games, as well as athletics and football matches. The new stadium has a capacity for 68,000 people and cost around 1.5 billion dollars.
Olympic Stadium is the main building of the 2020 Games. (Credit: Reproduction)
The Tokyo 2020 Games will not have an olympic park. The competitions will be held in different parts of the capital of Japan and also in other cities. Football matches, for example, will also be played in Miyagi, Saitama, Yokohama, Fukushima and Sapporo.
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sports and modalities
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics will feature 33 sports to be played by more than 11 thousand athletes. Some sports have different categories of competition, such as water sports and athletics.
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Some sports were included in the Olympics competition hall: surfing, climbing, skating and baseball/softball. Within the sports modalities already existing in the games, there was the addition of the categories of 3x3 basketball and BMX Freestyle (bicycle).
Another novelty in this edition of the Olympic Games is the increased female participation. Mixed categories were created for the 4x400 meter and 4x100 meter freestyle relay competitions in the pools, as well as mixed teams in triathlon, judo, archery and table tennis.
→ Paralympics
At Paralympics are the Olympic Games aimed at athletes with physical or cognitive disabilities, known as parathletes. The Tokyo edition of the Paralympic Games would be held from August 24th The September 5, 2021, but was also postponed to 2021. The Tokyo Paralympics will feature 22 sports.
The Tokyo Paralympic Games will feature two new sports in their competition modalities: Badminton and Taekwondo.
emblem and mascot
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics have an emblem inspired by the “ichimatsu moyo”, checkered shapes characteristic of the period It's from (1603-1867), bringing the predominance of indigo blue to represent what the organization of the Olympics calls it “an expression of the elegance and sophistication of Japan”.
The Tokyo 2020 emblem is made up of three rectangular shapes that represent different countries and cultures. The message chosen for the 32nd edition of the Olympics is “unity in diversity”, attributing to sport the function of celebrating differences.
Olympics and Paralympics emblems represent the different countries in the competition. (Credits: Reproduction Tokyo 2020 Olympics Organizing Committee)
The Tokyo Olympics mascot also follows the emblem's color and shape chart and was named the Miraitowa, name formed by Japanese words Mirai (future) and towa (eternity), which represents the desire for a future full of hope in the hearts of all the people of the world.
Miraitowa is the Olympics mascot, and Someity is the Paralympics symbol.
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The Tokyo Paralympics mascot is someity, a creature inspired by the traditional Japanese cherry blossoms and which has incredible mental power and physical strength, symbolizing the overcoming of obstacles for parathletes. Its name is based on the junction of someiyoshino (kind of cherry blossom) with the term "only might” (it is possible, in Portuguese adaptation).
medals
The Olympics award consists of medals destined for the first three places in each competition or tournament, with the podium being formed by the medalists of gold, silver and bronze.
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The medal table ranking is defined by the number of gold medals, followed by silver and finally bronze. For example, a country with 5 silver and 8 bronze medals ranks behind a country with 2 gold medals. The United States and China are expected to compete for first place in the overall rankings.
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For the Tokyo Olympics, the competition's sustainability project will use electronic waste (material collected from cell phones and other products) to manufacture the interior of the more than 5,000 medals that will be distributed to athletes. At medals will also have 0.048 gram of gold, 0.26 gram of silver and 12 grams of copper, and the athletes who win the first place will have their medals bathed with about 6 grams of gold.
volunteers
One way to follow the Tokyo Olympics closely is to volunteer. were expected more than 80 thousand volunteers to be convened by the Organizing Committee, but about 10,000 dropped out because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The functions of volunteers vary depending on the origin of their call (by the Committee or by the Government). Check out:
Government Volunteers: tourist service, support to the Olympics broadcasting site, transport and accommodation guidance.
Committee Volunteers: customer service, support for journalists, support for teams during the games.
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Registration for volunteers for the Tokyo Olympics, through the Committee, were held from September to December 2018. Individuals who are 18 years old until 2020, with Japanese nationality or a residence visa in Japan for the period of the games could apply.
the volunteer does not receive remuneration, only food and payment of transportation expenses, with the rest being borne by those who volunteered. The remaining volunteer opportunities will be filled at the request of the Tokyo government, with an estimated filling of more than 30,000 posts.
Pandemic and restrictions
The International Organizing Committee (IOC) had to make some changes and impose restrictions so that the holding of the Olympic Games was possible during the pandemic.
- Public
For the maintenance of the games in 2021, the committee vetoed the participation of spectators from abroad. That is why, Brazilians living in Brazil cannot buy tickets and follow the Olympics in Japan.
The organization also announced that each competition venue will have maximum audience of 10 thousand people, being allowed to enter only from the local population. Spectators will be drawn from among the local population who have purchased a ticket.
The audience will have to wear a mask during the games and gestures such as loud talking or shouting will not be allowed., ask athletes for autographs, come into physical contact with other fans, shake towels or similar. The sale and consumption of alcohol during the event is prohibited.
If there is a large increase in Covid-19 cases, the organization is considering holding the games without an audience.
- athletes
Athletes are also subject to restrictions in order to participate in the Tokyo Olympics. They will do daily tests, will not be able to travel (except between competitions, trainings and the Olympic Village) and will stay away from the public.
The number of representatives from abroad has been reduced and the committee only allows athletes and essential people to travel to the delegations.
- Withdrawal of Volunteers
Faced with criticism from doctors of the Japanese government, because of the Olympic Games during the pandemic, around 10,000 of the 80,000 volunteers withdrew from participating in the event.
Despite the shortage of volunteers, the holding of the games will not be affected, as there will be no foreign audience and local participation has also been reduced.
- Financial impact
With the ban on foreign audiences, the organizing committee will reimburse around 600,000 tickets for the Olympic games and 300,000 for the Paralympics. Another financial impact is the absence of foreign tourists in Tokyo. Hotel and restaurant chains will not receive the expected audience and, for those who made investments, this generates an unforeseen loss.
By Lorraine Vilela
Journalist
Source: Brazil School - https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/educacao-fisica/olimpiadas-toquio-2020.htm
