Opening of the Tokyo Olympics

After five years of waiting, the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games officially opened today (July 23, 2021).

The highlights of this Olympic Games are worth looking forward to:

1. Opening Ceremony

The opening ceremony will be held at the New National Arena in Tokyo. In order to emphasize the importance of unity, tolerance, non-discrimination and equality, the main committee has substantially revised the Olympic oath, or will add the content of "gender equality" for the first time.

2. Concentrated area of gold medal projects

The Tokyo Olympics will produce 339 gold medals in 46 major events, and the number of gold medals produced by track and field, swimming, wrestling, judo, and shooting will be ranked in the top five.

3. The top three predictions of the medal table

As a special Olympics, the later preparations for the Tokyo Olympics were carried out against the background of the new crown epidemic. With the large-scale cancellation of international events and athletes unable to prepare for the previous plan, the prospects for the medal list are even more confusing.

At the 100-day countdown to the opening of the Olympic Games, the well-known data company Gracenote released its prediction on the medal table of the Olympic Games. The United States will top the list with 43 gold medals and 114 medals, China will take second place with 38 gold medals and 85 medals, and host Japan will receive 34 gold medals and 59 medals. In the last medal prediction list released yesterday, the top three are still occupied by the United States, China, and Japan.

4. Japanese animation elements

In the midsummer of 2016, at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, "Tokyo 8 Minutes" was staged at the closing ceremony. Doraemon, Ozora Tsubasa, Mario and other images appeared on the show together. Japanese anime characters used "2020". "See you in Tokyo" sent an invitation to the whole world. At this Tokyo Olympics, Japanese animation elements can be seen everywhere inside and outside the stadium.