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Photos: Keeping up with the Tokyo Olympics from afar
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games finally opened on July 24 after being postponed for a year. But concerns over rising Covid-19 cases meant that the cheering crowds of spectators weren't allowed at this edition of the games. This unprecedented measure was designed to avoid a superspreader event and reassure a nervous Japanese public that opposed holding the Olympics during the pandemic. The Olympics may officially be without supporters but at venues across Tokyo national delegations have brought the noise, replacing fans kept out by coronavirus countermeasures.
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Residents and friends cheer on US swimmer Hunter Armstrong from Dover High School as he competes in Tokyo in the 100m backstroke semi-final race during the 2021 Olympic Games, in Dover, Ohio on July 25. The Olympics may officially be without supporters but that hasn't dampened the fans' spirit around the world.(Gaelen Morse / REUTERS)
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Lin Chen-hao of Taiwan and Shira Rishony of Israel compete in a women's 48-kg match with no spectators attending at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, on July 24. After being delayed by a year, the Tokyo Games have gone ahead without spectators as an unprecedented measure designed to avoid a superspreader event and reassure a nervous Japanese public.(Jae C. Hong / AP)
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People watch the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games opening ceremony being displayed on a screen at the Trocadero Gardens, next to the Eiffel Tower, in Paris on July 23.(Benoit Tessier / REUTERS)
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Family members and neighbours of Saikhom Mirabai Chanu gather to watch her lift in women's weightlifting 49kg category at Tokyo 2020 Olympics, on July 24. Images shared on social media have showed crowds, large and small, coming together around the world to celebrate Olympians.(PTI)
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A spectator waves Uzbekistan flags during a fight between Mirazizbek Mirzakhalilov of Uzbekistan and Kurt Walker of Ireland, at Kokugikan Arena, in Tokyo, on July 28. Back at venues across Tokyo, national delegations have brought the noise, replacing fans kept out by coronavirus countermeasures.(Ueslei Marcelino / REUTERS)
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Spectators watch from outside the Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach during Round 3 of Men's Shortboard game in Tokyo on July 26.(Lisi Niesner / REUTERS)
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Rosa Maria, mother of Brazilian volleyball player Ricardo Lucarelli, watches on TV while her son participates in the Olympic games, from the family's home in Contagem on July 23. The athlete's family had rented an apartment in Tokyo in 2020, but with the cancellation of the Olympic Games and the ban on the public, they too are following the games from afar.(Douglas Magno / AFP)
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