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Here is everything we know about the Tokyo olympics which start very soon!

  • Even though the Olympic games were postponed by a year, are still officially being called Tokyo 2020 for branding purposes because most of the promotional material had already been produced.
  • Miraitowa is the official mascot of the Tokyo Olympics. It's head and body contain contain a blue indigo ichimatsu pattern resembling the emblem. Ichimatsu is a fictional character from a Japenese comedy series.
  • There will be no fans in any of the venues during the games. 
  • Channel 7 and 7plus will broadcast the events and with Tokyo being only one hour behind Australian Eastern Standard Time, Australians will be able to see every moment. 
  • The opening ceremony will be held at the Japan National Stadium and begin at 9pm AEST on Friday 23rd July. It will be be four hours long. Team Australia will be led by Swimmer Cate Campbell and Basketball player Patty Mills. The theme of the ceremony is Moving Forward. 
  • New sports have been added to the olympics this year. For the first time, Surfing, skateboarding, sport climbing, 3x3 basketball and Karate will be in the line up. Softball and Baseball are returning. 
  • Australian meal hopefuls include swimmers, Ariarne Titmus and Kaylee McKeown, Tennis player Ash Barty, The Matildas football team,The Boomers and The Opals Basketball teams, Surfer Sally Fitzgibbons and Jess Fox in Canoeing. They have all been named as the athletes to keep an eye on in Japan.
  • Athletes and officials were urged to be vaccinated before travelling to Tokyo and are not allowed to mix with the general public. 
  • Traditions such as the medal presentation ceremonies will be altered to accommodate social distancing protocols. 
  • The closing ceremony will be again held at the Japan National Stadium on 8th August from 9pm to 11.30pm AEST. 
These Olympic Games will be very different but still very exciting for the athletes who have trained so hard, the officials and Japan as the host country. 

GO AUSTRALIA!!! 

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