[LUOGO]TOKYO[TESTO]Record numbers for the opening ceremony, which, despite the cuts in the participation of athletes and the stadium without an audience, lasts 3 and a half hours. At the center the pandemic and …
[LUOGO]TOKYO
[TESTO]Record numbers for the opening ceremony, which, despite the cuts in the participation of athletes and the stadium without an audience, lasts 3 and a half hours. At the center the pandemic and the victory of man, of the sportsman, over Covid.
This while the number of positive cases among the participants in the Olympic adventure, among athletes, members of the delegations and employees of the Olympic village, increases to 87. Under the eyes of 18 heads of state, delegations from 205 countries will parade in an almost deserted Olympic Stadium – only a thousand guests – due to Covid. The 384 Azzurri in the race cannot all be present due to the limits imposed by the pandemic. Those present will be led by standard-bearers Elia Viviani and Jessica Rossi, for the first time they will not parade in formal dress but in a special suit designed by Giorgio Armani, a sort of “union” between the colors of the flags of Italy and Japan. The parade will be traditionally opened by Greece, the cradle of the Olympics. The delegations of the various countries will succeed each other according to the Japanese alphabetical order, for which Italy will present itself 18 / a. Before the national teams, the 205th delegation, that of refugees, will parade, while the Japanese national team will close – as always -. Although a veteran of the inaugural ceremonies, the Venetian Marco Balich, “mind” of many Olympic events, confesses to Ansa: “in my Olympic history I have never experienced ceremonies without an audience. Imagine that Italy comes out and there is no roar that accompanies it … I find, however, that the most intelligent decision taken by the Tokyo Olympic Committee was to focus on the athletes, on their sacrifice and their effort. In the end, we do all of this for them. The show will be characterized by sobriety and Japanese aesthetics ».