The Paper's trainee reporter Hu Jie
At the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, was there really no audience at the scene? Today there is the answer.
According to the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee, the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games, which was expected to be attended by 10,000 people, was reduced to one-tenth, about 950 people, all of whom were related to the Olympic Games at home and abroad.
Among them, there are less than 30 foreign heads of state and the top heads of international institutions attending the opening ceremony, which will be the least of the Olympic Games in recent years. At the same time, representatives of many Japanese sponsors also gave up attending the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games.
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About 950 people attended the opening ceremony, and several sponsor representatives gave up
The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, which was originally expected to have 10,000 people, was finally adjusted to the number of people who were open due to the epidemic.
On July 21, the Organizing Committee of the Tokyo Olympic Games in Japan announced that the opening ceremony would be attended by about 950 people.
Among them, there are about 150 people involved in Japan. In addition to the Presence of the Emperor, who is the Honorary President of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, representatives of the Government and the National Assembly, including Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Governor Yuriko Koike of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Seiko Hashimoto, Chairman of the Organising Committee of the Olympic Games, and representatives of domestic sports groups and sponsors are also scheduled to attend.
About 800 foreign stakeholders include members of the International Olympic Committee, representatives of international federations (IF) and national and regional Olympic committees (NOCs), relevant people of future Olympic cities, and representatives of television stations and sponsors with broadcast rights.
It is worth noting that due to the serious epidemic situation in Japan and the high public opinion against hosting the Olympic Games, many sponsors of the Tokyo Olympic Games have doubts about the promotion of the Olympic Games and have decided to give up attending the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.
Among them, Toyota has already produced TV commercials, but decided not to deliver and broadcast them, and the company's top management will not participate in the Olympic Games.
NEC's president and company staff also gave up their own tickets for the opening ceremony. ENEOS, which provides support for the Flame Stand and the Flame Relay, believes that there is a need to re-examine the advertising strategy of the Olympic Games.
The presidents of asahi Beer and Asahi GH in the Asahi Group have decided not to attend the opening ceremony or use sponsor tickets to watch the competition live, but will continue to broadcast advertisements to cheer for the contestants.
Masakazu Tokura, head of Japan's economic circles and chairman of the Keidan Company, also said: "I received an invitation to the Olympic Games, but I still decided not to go. ”
First Lady of the United States Jill Biden.
Japanese media: There are less than 30 dignitaries attending the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games
According to Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun, quoted by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the number of foreign heads of state and the top heads of international institutions attending the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games will be less than 30, which will be the fewest in recent Olympic Games.
According to the Yomiuri Shimbun, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will hold a 15-minute meeting with French President Macron and other foreign leaders and the top leaders of international institutions at the State Guest House in the Motokasaka area of Minato-ku, Tokyo, from 22 to 24 July.
It is worth noting that Suga will have a longer talk with US First Lady Jill Biden on the 23rd.
About 80 foreign dignitaries attended the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games in the United Kingdom, and when the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was disturbed by infectious diseases and political instability, but about 40 foreign dignitaries still attended the opening ceremony.
Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs originally expected more than 100 foreign dignitaries to attend the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games, but due to the severe situation of the new crown epidemic in Japan, a number of foreign heads of state have successively said that they will give up attending the Tokyo Olympic Games.
According to the Yomiuri Shimbun, the Japanese government's strict restrictions on foreign heads of state from having access to their own country's delegations during their visits to Japan may have affected their decision on whether to visit Japan.
The core of the American gymnastics team, Biles.
The U.S. gymnastics women's team evacuates the Olympians Village
According to Japanese media reports on the 21st, due to the confirmation of the new crown infection of player Carla Ike, the U.S. women's gymnastics team made a decision to concentrate on staying in a hotel instead of the Olympic Village, which can accommodate a total of 11,000 athletes.
NBC said it was a joint decision made by the entire USA Gymnastics team. Coach Randy tweeted: "We know it's not the ideal Olympic experience, but during the pandemic, let alone an ideal experience. ”
"We think a hotel will give us more control over the safety of our athletes and ourselves."
The Tokyo Organising Committee did not take a stand on their departure from the Athletes' Village, telling NBC that they "could not comment on the decisions of individual teams."
Coffee bar in the Olympic Village.
The U.S. delegation followed the example of South Korea and set up its own restaurant
According to USA Today, after coordinating with dietitians from the U.S. delegation and local Suppliers in Japan, the U.S. Food Service Center has opened near the sports park in Japan's Setagaya District, which will provide U.S. athletes with catering services until the end of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Brian Naterson, director of the Food and Nutrition Division of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, said, "Over the next 27 days, my team will provide 7,000 meals for athletes and staff. We offer athletes low-fat meats, chicken breasts, fish, vegetarian food, pasta and more every day. ”
Naterson said the team has shipped about 72,000 pounds of food and beverages from Colorado, home to the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center, and coordinated with seven local suppliers in Japan to provide some key ingredients for the U.S. delegation's catering.
"Our goal is to provide the most popular meals for delegations and to infuse Japanese flavors as much as possible."
The United States is not the first delegation to set up its own restaurant at the Tokyo Olympics. Concerned about radioactive contamination of food supplies made from ingredients in Fukushima Prefecture, South Korea announced more than 8,400 boxes of meals for 232 athletes in 29 events, with plans to spend 1.74 billion won (about 9.8 million yuan) on hotel rentals and food ingredients during the Olympics.
However, this move not only caused dissatisfaction from the Japanese government, but also made some Japanese people angry.
According to Japanese media reports, in order to meet the dietary needs of people from all over the world, the cafeterias in tokyo Olympic Village can provide 48,000 meals in a day, with up to 700 dishes to choose from during peak hours, and some restaurants will also be open 24 hours a day to make a variety of Western, Japanese and Asian dishes.
But even so, the outside world is still not very satisfied with the Olympic meals provided by the Japanese side, mainly because the ingredients in Fukushima Prefecture have appeared on the Olympic table.
In response to the outside world's doubts and concerns, the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee said that all Fukushima ingredients entering the Olympic restaurants are safe. In order to reassure diners, the main canteen of the Tokyo Olympic Village will abandon the promotion of ingredients from Fukushima Prefecture, and other ingredients will no longer be marked as origins. The list of ingredients for all dishes will be announced to the outside world after the end of the Olympic Games.
CBA All-Star Hu Jinqiu.
Hu Jinqiu: Three-player basketball is faster than the CBA
Chinese men's three-person basketball national team member Hu Jinqiu appeared in Tokyo's Qinghai City Sports Park on the 21st, he expressed his excitement to Xinhua News Agency after training, the biggest difference between three-person basketball and CBA (China Men's Basketball Professional League) is that the conversion is extremely fast, and the requirements for short-term burst energy are very high.
On the 21st, the third day of the team's arrival in Tokyo, Hu Jinqiu said that the accommodation and meals were very good, thanking the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee for its strong support.
Hu Jinqiu, who plays for Zhejiang Guangsha, is a star of the CBA and was named to the league's first team of domestic players last season. When it comes to "cross-border" to play three-person basketball, Hu Jinqiu said that although they are all basketball games, three-person basketball and five-person basketball are completely different.
"The transition speed of three-player basketball is very fast, and after scoring the goal, the opponent may directly hit you." Hu Jinqiu said, "It takes about two hours for the CBA to play a game, and the slowest three-person basketball is about half an hour, but the physical requirements are very high, and it is necessary to burst out all the energy in just 10 to 20 minutes." ”
In the eyes of Liu Zhen, the head coach of the men's team, Hu Jinqiu is the core of this team, and his physical condition, technical and tactical level will become an important reliance on the team.
On the 24th, the Chinese men's team will welcome the first opponent of the Tokyo Olympic Games - the Serbian team, which is currently ranked no. 1 in the world. Hu Jinqiu said that he is very much looking forward to the match with serbia and hopes to play his own style characteristics and go all out to fight the opponent.
Shina Iwabuchi plays for Arsenal in the Premier League.
Japan's "Women's Messi" has scored in five consecutive games
On the 21st, in the first round of the Olympic Women's Football Group E, the host Japan Women's Football Team faced the Canadian Women's Football Team at the Sapporo Dome Stadium, and the two sides finally drew 1-1.
Canada's 38-year-old striker Sinclair scored a goal just six minutes into the opening round, but Japanese women Lionel Iwabuchi Scored a world wave before the end of the match, which was also her fifth consecutive goal for the national team.
Jina Iwabuchi is only 1.56 meters tall, with big eyes and a round face, and Japanese fans call her "Lori Messi". Now playing for Arsenal in the Premier League, she is also the absolute trump card of the Japanese team.
At the age of 17, Iwabuchi was selected for the Japanese national team, with whom he won the 2011 World Cup, the 2012 London Olympics silver medal, the 2015 World Cup runner-up and the 2019 East Asian Cup. At the 2019 East Asian Cup, the Chinese women's football team lost 0-3 to the Japanese women's football team, and Iwabuchi Shina scored a hat-trick in 48 minutes.
At the Olympics, Iwabuchi Shina put on the number 10 shirt for the first time in the national team, she said: "This is my best form so far, I want to help the team win the championship. ”
In the 84th minute of the match, after the Long Pass from the right side of the Japanese team, Iwabuchi Jina used the speed to insert forward - in front of the line of the large penalty area, he did not stop the ball in front of the right side of the ball and hit the goal directly with his right foot, and the ball jumped into the right corner, and the Japanese team equalized 1-1.
Shina Iwabuchi scored for the national team in five consecutive games, surpassing Japanese national team coach Asako Takakura and legend Hideyoshi Sawa to become the player with the most consecutive goals in the 100-year history of the Japanese women's national football team. In the last 5 games, Iwabuchi has scored a total of 7 goals.
Veteran Marta faced the Chinese women's football team twice.
Pele wrote praising Marta: Much more than just a player
On July 21, Brazilian veteran Marta scored twice against China in the Olympic women's group stage, scoring five consecutive Olympic goals, and Pele praised her as "far more than a player".
Pele wrote on Ins: "Congratulations, you're far more than just a player. You use your talents to help build a better world in which women gain more space. ”
Born on 19 February 1986, Marta is 35 years old and is currently the only player to have been named Miss World Football for five consecutive years and the only female player to win the FIFA Player of the Year honours for six years.
In addition, she holds a record - in 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 for five consecutive World Cups, Marta has scored, and the total number of goals scored in the world cup final stage has reached 16.
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