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ARAB TIMES, FRIDAY-SATURDAY, AUGUST 13-14, 2021 SPORTS 14 Won over by the Games Tokyo’s Olympic fears give way to acceptance, to a point TOKYO, Aug. 12, (AP): When the To- kyo Olympics began during a worsen- ing pandemic in Japan, the majority of the host nation was in opposition, with Emperor Naruhito dropping the word “celebrating” from his opening decla- ration of welcome. But once the Games got underway and local media switched to cover- ing Japanese athletes’ “medal rush,” many Japanese were won over. They watched TV to cheer on Japanese ath- In this July 30, 2021 file photo, letes in an Olympics that ended Sun- Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide day with a record 58 medals for the Suga attends a news conference home nation, including 27 gold. on Japan’s response to the coro- There are still worries that Japan navirus pandemic during the To- will pay a price for hosting these kyo 2020 Olympic Games in To- Games; recent days have seen record kyo. (AP) numbers of virus cases. But for now, Beforehand, a lot of Japanese ex- among many, a sense of pride and pressed reluctance or opposition to goodwill is lingering. holding the Olympics during a pan- “Having the games in the middle of demic that, for them, was worsening. the pandemic didn’t seem like a good A series of resignations of Olympic- idea, and I did wonder if they should linked offi cials over sexism, past bul- be canceled,” said Keisuke Uchisawa, lying and Holocaust jokes also hurt 27, an offi ce worker.
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