Original title: there are only three foreign athletes left in the stadium where spectators are allowed to enter the Tokyo Olympic Games after their arrival in Japan. Source: CCTV news client

The Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee announced on the 10th that spectators will not be allowed to enter baseball and softball games in Fukushima and football matches in Sapporo, so that spectators are allowed to watch only two Olympic events, track cycling and football, and there are only three venues left.

The Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee issued a statement on the same day that the Fukushima prefecture government informed the Olympic Organizing Committee the day before that, taking into account the epidemic situation in Japan, but also drawing lessons from the epidemic prevention measures taken by other regions, they have decided that spectators will not be allowed in all Olympic events to be held in Fukushima Prefecture. The Olympic Organizing Committee can only "regretfully" accept Fukushima Prefecture's decision.

In addition, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee said that the Olympic football match to be held at the Sapporo Dome Stadium will also be held behind closed doors.

The Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee also confirmed that spectators will still be allowed to watch the football matches held in Miyagi Prefecture and Ibaraki Prefecture and the track cycling race in Shizuoka Prefecture. This means that there are only three venues where live spectators are allowed for the Tokyo Olympic Games. Among them, only students are allowed to enter the football match in Ibaraki Prefecture.

For races held on public roads, such as marathons and walking races in Sapporo, road cycling races and mountain biking races in Shizuoka Prefecture, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee also asked the public not to watch.

COVID-19 tested suspected positive after a foreign player arrived in Japan.

Authorities in Hirazuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan released on the 9th that a Lithuanian swimmer novel coronavirus, who arrived in Japan to prepare for the Tokyo Olympic Games, tested positive and will undergo further tests. The athlete arrived in Japan with the Lithuanian Olympic swimming team on the 7th and was tested by novel coronavirus at Tokyo's Haneda Airport. The result was negative. He was tested again on the morning of the 8th, then trained in the swimming pool, and the test results showed positive on the morning of the 9th. However, the results of the third virus test on the afternoon of the 9th showed negative. He was immediately quarantined and planned to be tested again on the 10th.

The Lithuanian swimming team takes a special vehicle to commute between the hotel and the training ground. Japan is identifying the athlete's close contacts.

The handover of the Olympic torch continued behind closed doors.

On the 9th, the Tokyo Olympic torch arrived in Tokyo for the last 14 days of the relay in Tokyo, but in order to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus, the relay on public roads was cancelled and the torch welcome ceremony was held behind closed doors. On the 10th, the handover of the Olympic flame continued behind closed doors.

The 10th is the second day that the torch of the Tokyo Olympic Games entered the Tokyo area. The lighting ceremony continued to be held behind closed doors in Bawangzi City on the 10th, and only torchbearers and event-related personnel attended.

Since the Olympic torch entered the Tokyo area on the 9th, with the exception of the island area, all torch relay activities on the road have been cancelled, leaving only the lighting ceremony held behind closed doors.

The admission policy of spectators for the Olympic Games has been continuously adjusted.

In view of the spread of the epidemic, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee has been constantly adjusting its audience admission policy. In March this year, overseas spectators were refused to go to Japan to watch the game. In June, it was announced that domestic Japanese spectators would be allowed to enter the competition venue, but the maximum number of spectators would be no more than 10,000. On July 8 and 9, the capital circle area and Hokkaido announced the empty competition respectively, and today Fukushima prefecture also announced that it would be held in an open field.

How will most Olympic events be affected by "holding events in the open field"?

At present, except for a few events far from the capital circle, most of the events of the Tokyo Olympic Games will be held behind closed doors, and spectators will not be allowed to enter the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games. What will be the impact of holding games in the open field? Let's take a look at the news observation sent by the front desk reporter.

Li Dajie, a reporter from the front desk,What will be the impact of the empty Olympic Games? The first thing that comes to mind is the brand new seats in the stadium. Tokyo has Ming City Sports Park, which will mainly be responsible for skateboarding competitions during the Olympic Games. Compared with permanent venues, these temporary venues will be demolished after the Olympic Games, and these seats are useless.

With regard to the plan for watching the Tokyo Olympic Games, it can be said that the organizers have changed several times. As early as March this year, overseas spectators were first excluded. As a result, the Tokyo Olympic Games were once considered to be the absolute and pure home of Japanese athletes. However, with the recurrence of the epidemic in Japan and the slow vaccination work, there is growing concern about Japan's ability to host the games safely. To this end, the Japanese government has proposed measures, including limiting the number of spectators, watching games with vaccination certificates or negative test certificates, and standardizing game-watching etiquette. However, as the Tokyo epidemic tightened again, it was finally decided that the competition between Tokyo and the three surrounding counties would be held in an empty court. Losing the support of the home audience is undoubtedly a big test for the Japanese delegation, which hopes to achieve good results in the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Li Dajie, a reporter from the front desk,Things in the arena are hard to predict, but if there are no spectators for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, it will have a very big impact. Since the opening ceremonies of all previous Olympic Games are highly confidential, we do not know whether the creative team is prepared for two versions with and without spectators.

The most direct impact of holding empty games is the ticket revenue of the Tokyo Olympic Games. The Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee announced on the 9th that the tickets will be refunded sequentially after the closing of the Olympic Games, and apologized for failing to provide an opportunity to watch the games on the spot. In addition, watching the games in empty space also has a serious impact on the sales of products around the Olympic Games and the commercial promotion of sponsors.

(editor Shao Xiwei)