After a delay of 1 year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics have finally started on 23 July in Japan, but without spectators at most stadiums (Figure 1). The Paralympics will follow shortly from 24 August. More than 200 countries participate in the Tokyo Olympic Games where ~11 000 athletes and 4000 athletic support staff gather for >2 weeks of competition. Another 5000 athletes will attend the Paralympics. In the 125 years of history of the Olympics since 1896 in Athens, which includes 32 summer games and 23 winter games, this year`s Tokyo summer Olympics/Paralympics would be memorized as a quite unusual one due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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