Instead of more than 10, athletes marching into a capacity-crowd stadium as usual, the team parade will be smaller, in a largely empty Tokyo Olympic stadium bar a few hundred officials, and with tight social distancing rules.
The opening ceremony in a way is going to be unique and focus only on the athletes," Balich said. I fear there will be fewer this time. That already gives a serious distance between the athletes in the stadium," said Balich, who also produced the ceremony for Turin's winter Olympics among others.
There is widespread concern among the public over the safety of holding the global sporting spectacle amid the pandemic and many Japanese fear the Olympics could turn into a super-spreader event. Behind her was the British Virgin Islands placard holder. His favorite? We wanted to ask more eager placard-holders about their favorite aspects of their assigned nations.
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The Asahi Shimbun, a national newspaper in Japan, reported earlier this month that members of the International Olympic Committee, diplomats, foreign dignitaries and Olympic sponsors will still be permitted to attend the opening ceremony. The newspaper added that about 10, or so of these "special quota" members are expected to be on hand. Given the COVID protocols that are in place, it seems unlikely that thousands of athletes will march in the traditional "Parade of Nations," as they have in years past.
Many athletes will not be permitted to arrive in Japan until after the opening ceremony concludes. The numbers of officials who are allowed to participate in the event also will be severely reduced. IOC member John Coates said late last year that only a maximum of six team officials will be permitted to join athletes; It is unclear if that restriction has since changed. As perhaps a sign of what the opening ceremony could look like, Coates told Australian news outlets last week that he expects roughly 50 athletes to march during the opening ceremony.
Little is known about what the opening ceremony will entail, beyond its announced theme: "United by Emotion. Tokyo organizers announced last week that it will reveal tidbits about the program on social media each day in the week leading up to the ceremony.
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