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Tokyo Olympic venues waiting for athletes

By Associated Press

Jan. 21, 2021

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Yoyogi National Stadium, where many other events are planned for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, is seen from a rooftop observation deck on Thursday in Tokyo. The postponed Tokyo Olympics are to open in just six months. Local organizers and the International Olympic Committee say they will go ahead on July 23. But it’s still unclear how this will happen with virus cases surging in Tokyo and elsewhere around the globe.
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Runners pass by Japan National Stadium, where the opening ceremony and many other events are planned for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics,.
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A man walks across a street as a massive steel structure of the TV Tower, which houses studios for live broadcasts of Tokyo 2020, in front of National Stadium, where the opening ceremony and many other events are planned for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, is seen from a rooftop observation deck.
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Japan National Stadium, where the opening ceremony and many other events are planned for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, is seen from a rooftop observation deck on Thursday.
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A man walks on a bridge past a closed building complex, right, built to be used for the athletes' village.
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A man walks past the closed Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, a venue renovated to be used in the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics.
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A man and a woman walk past the Nippon Budokan arena, one of the venues planned to be used in the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics.
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A security guard walks at the parking lot of Ariake Gymnastics Centre, one of the venues of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic games.
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A man rides a bicycle past the Canoe Slalom Course, one of the venues of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic games.
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A man walks past Ariake Urban Sports Park, one of the venues of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic games.
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A woman runs near Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, one of the venues of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic games, in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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People walk by Tokyo International Exhibition Centre (Tokyo Big Sight) where IBC (International Broadcast Centre) and MPC (Main Press Centre) for Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics will locate in Tokyo.
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A banner of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic games is seen though tree branches of the Canoe Slalom Course.
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A worker stands at a spectator stand at the Canoe Slalom Course, one of the venues of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic games.
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A man and a woman walk near the Olympic rings floating in the water in the Odaiba section in Tokyo Wednesday.
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Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, one of the venues of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic games, is seen in Tokyo on Wednesday.

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