2021 Tokyo Olympics

It is just around the corner with less than 200 days, so I think I make an official thread to discuss everything about the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo.

From various sports, the results, the news, the opening ceremony, the athletes.

 

Already confirmed games:
Aquatics
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Baseball
Softball
Swimming
Basketball
Boxing
Canoe
Cycling
Equestrian
Fencing
Hockey
Soccer
Golf
Gymnastics
Judo
Karate
Rowing
Rugby
Sailing
Shooting
Climbing
Skateboard
Surfing
Table Tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Volleyball
Weightlifting
Wrestling

 

I most looking forward to watching

Badminton
Basketball
Swimming
Soccer

For Badminton, Japan has a huge chance to win all gold medals in 5 categories there (the strong possibility from Men's Single Kenta Momota and Women's double pair of Fukushima Yuki and Hirota Sayaka)

For Swimming, I root for Kitajima Kosuke to win the gold.

For Soccer, I root for Under-21 Samurai Blue to win the gold.

For Basketball..this is my most anticipated games...Though Japan will be hard to win gold over USA, but that is expected though....I just hope I can get a live ticket to see my favorite players like Steph Curry, LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Damian Lillard, etc. That will be a dream comes true to me if I can meet those people this summer

 

Unfortunately, this finally has to be postponed until next year,but given the event around the world, this is a proper judgment.

Yes, this is a huge blow economically for us, but the safety of all people around the world is more important.

Hopefully by next year this time, everybody would be able to laugh again, cheer again, and bring the smile back on the opening ceremony.

We will meet again next year!

 

Yes, it is confirmed to start 23 July 2021 until 8 August 2021 now.

Though it will be held in 2021, it will be still called "Tokyo 2020"

We will be ready again next year!

 

It seems The Olympics will still go as planned.

Our government is stubborn enough not to cancel it considering the worst outcome that might happen during and after the events when thousands of foreigners will be swarming capital city for about 2 weeks.

It is hard enough now that State of Emergency still in effects in most of prefectures (that already been since April) until 20th June. (Thats one month before the Olympics!!)
I feel the longer State of Emergency will awaits again after the event ends.

Added that our health doctors and nurse has barely enough in maintaining local patients, let alone foreign athletes.

I am excited by Olympics before the corona messing everything, but I feel now it still not the right time to host this such global event (when our country still in state of emergency). I wish our government could be more wise and can let it go (I think that perhaps it still yet to come when Japan is hosting the Olympics). I just wish and pray that nothing will worsened the situation after the event ends.