Tokyo awoke to a huge bill and soaring coronavirus cases on Monday after pulling off a mid-pandemic Olympics that at times looked impossible
Olympic officials have been predictably bullish, saying the Games offered hope and uplifting moments and went off without any major coronavirus outbreaks."These Olympic Games have been a powerful demonstration of the unifying power of sport," International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach said at his closing press conference.
Tokyo's 2020 Olympics were unlike any other, starting with last year's historic postponement that upturned years of planning for athletes.Restrictions at the Games themselves meant masks for all, cheering for none, and fans banned from almost all venues for the first time.Despite everything, as the Games opened there were signs that Japan's public might be having a change of heart.
Tributes to the athletes were a key theme of editorials in Japan on Monday, with the Yomiuri Shimbun offering"high praise for competitions into which they poured all their efforts."There had been concerns about what the pandemic and the postponement would mean for sport at the Games.
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