Athletes from all over the world are excited to finally land in Japan before the Olympics, which will begin on Friday 23, as their social posts show. In exactly seven days, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in 2021, will begin with an impressive ceremony. And despite the limited public allowed for this traditional ceremony, such as the absence during the competitions of the special frame and the color that the people give it, the athletes will play a second parallel competition.
There are already some athletes who share their excitement on social networks for having landed in Japan, where preparations continue in concentrations and through friendlies before the Games begin. Some do not hide their emotions when embarking from their countries of origin. And that is where their competition, social networks, begin to play. Great protagonist these days, but in the context of the pandemic, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, among others, will be the most chosen platforms to experience the Olympic Games closely.
The journalistic media will have their preponderant role in bringing all the activities that take place during the games to the whole world. And the athletes chose the networks to share the other side of the competitions, from within, with photos among friends, athletes from other countries, and fans of the world, followers of the networks, will be able to experience it as if they were there.
TRANSMISSIONS
LIVE
The possibility offered by social networks, not only to disseminate photos, videos, is added the possibility of making live broadcasts, not only among athletes and journalists, but also among athletes and coaches, who are sharing broadcasts and offering greater offers to learn more. closely everything that happens, get into an allowed privacy. To get to know the Olympic village, the training sessions, the preview of the competitions. So these games will have a different color, which we are used to.
TV
One of the Argentine signals that we are used to knowing the entire Olympic movement before, during and after the Olympic Games is TyC Sports, with Gonzalo Bonadeo and a great team. They will take to the entire continent all the alternatives of the games from Tokyo. And already from this Sunday 18 the coverage from Japan, with all the details, and from the 20, with the first competition. As well as on Friday 23, with the opening ceremony.
THE OLYMPIC AGENDA
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will officially begin on Friday 23, although there will be previous soccer and softball competitions. They will end on August 8.
The Opening Ceremony (on Friday 23rd) at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo (at 8pm local time, at 8am in Argentina). The action will start two days before with the competitions. Women’s softball will play three games in the group stage at the Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium on Wednesday 21, starting at 9 am. In Argentina, by the difference of 12 hours, it will be starting at 9 pm on Tuesday.
The first presentation for the Argentine delegation will be on Thursday 22, when the men’s soccer team plays against Australia at the Sapporo Dome from 9.30 a.m. (Argentine time).
The Closing Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will be on Sunday, August 8. Like the Opening, it will take place at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo (at 8 p.m. local time, at 8 a.m. in Argentina).
That last day of competition will have action in athletics, basketball, handball, boxing, track cycling, artistic gymnastics, volleyball and water polo.
Why the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games were postponed. Due to the health crisis derived from Covid-19, it forced the authorities of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Japan, the organizing country of the 2020 Olympic Games, to postpone the event to 2021.
During all these months, prevention protocols for the coronavirus were developed for both athletes and spectators. In principle, only the local public can attend. However, Seiko Hashimoto of the Organizing Committee acknowledged: “If there were an epidemic, which would turn into a crisis or an emergency, I think we have to be prepared to continue without spectators.”
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will host 339 events divided into 33 sports, some of them “debutants” in a competition of this type. Karate, surfing, sport climbing and skateboarding were selected for the first time in the history of the Games. In addition, there will also be new disciplines in sports that were already included, such as 3 × 3 basketball, BMX freestyle, and mixed events in different sports: swimming, athletics, triathlon, judo, shooting, table tennis and archery.
All the disciplines that will be contested are the following: Athletics; Badminton; Basketball; Handball; Softball; Beach Volley; Boxing; Cycling (BMX, mountain biking, track biking, road biking); Swimming; Synchronized swimming; Jumps; Water polo; Horse riding (full competition, dressage, equestrian jumping); Climbing; Fencing; Football; Gymnastics (artistic, acrobatic and rhythmic); Golf; Hockey; Judo; Karate; Fight (Greco-Roman and free); Canoeing (slalom, calm waters); Modern pentathlon; Rowing; Rugby Seven; Skate; Surf; Taekwondo; Tennis; Table tennis; Archery; Olympic shot; Triathlon; Yachting and Volleyball.
