One year late, the Tokyo Olympics officially open today, in front of Emperor Naruhito.
The 32nd edition of the Games will be without an audience and with distancing from the athletes' village.
The competitions will take place until August 9 and there will be 11 thousand athletes in the race despite the virus, which continues to do positive.
Green light from the IOC to the rainbow belt, Germany rejoices:
"Love always wins".
French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived in Tokyo where in the evening he will participate in the inauguration ceremony of the XXXII Olympiad. In the meantime, during the Italian night, a first blue satisfaction has already arrived with the four sculls of rowing who qualified for the Olympic final, scheduled for Tuesday 27 July. Before the ceremony - which will last about three and a half hours and in which the blue delegation will parade for 18 years, led by the flag bearers Jessica Rossi and Elia Viviani - Macron will meet the president of the IOC (International Olympic Committee), Thomas Bach, and the Emperor of Japan, Naruhito. In the last few hours, the same IOC gave the okay to the captain of the German national hockey team, Nike Lorenz, who asked to wear the rainbow headband, a symbol of the LGBT movement.The German player will wear it on her socks, on Sunday at her debut against Great Britain. In the waters of the Sea Forest Waterway, the four of sculls made up of Giacomo Gentili, Andrea Panizza, Luca Rambaldi and Simone Venier finished his battery behind Poland for only three cents, still managing to get the pass for the final to which he will present with concrete medal hopes. Excellent Olympic debut also for Gennaro Alberto di Mauro, who, in the men's single, with the second place in his battery, behind the Danish Den Nielsen, passed the round. And Chiara Ondoli and Alessandra Patelli, with the third place in the battery behind Romania and Canada, managed to conquer the semi-final A / B of the duo. Instead, the four of a female couple formed by Stefania Gobbi, Veronica Lisi,Alessandra Montesano and Valentina Iseppi, third behind China and Poland. On the shooting range of the 'Yumenoshima Park Archery Field', the blue trio of the bow, made up of Lucilla Boardi, Chiara Rebagliati and Tatiana Andreoli, closed the preliminary rounds in eighth place to determine the seeding of the five knockout boards. And tomorrow Gregorio Paltrinieri, the spearhead of the national swimming team, will also arrive in Japan. At ANSA coach Cesare Butini said that "to date the participation" of the Olympian from Carpi has been confirmed in three races: the 800 and 1500 freestyle in the swimming pool and the 10 km cross-country ski run in open water.Chiara Rebagliati and Tatiana Andreoli, finished in eighth place the elimination heats to determine the seeding of the five knockout tables. And tomorrow Gregorio Paltrinieri, the spearhead of the national swimming team, will also arrive in Japan. At ANSA coach Cesare Butini said that "to date the participation" of the Olympian from Carpi has been confirmed in three races: the 800 and 1500 freestyle in the swimming pool and the 10 km cross-country ski run in open water.Chiara Rebagliati and Tatiana Andreoli, finished in eighth place the elimination heats to determine the seeding of the five knockout tables. And tomorrow Gregorio Paltrinieri, the spearhead of the national swimming team, will also arrive in Japan. At ANSA coach Cesare Butini said that "to date the participation" of the Olympian from Carpi has been confirmed in three races: the 800 and 1500 freestyle in the swimming pool and the 10 km cross-country ski run in open water.Olympian of Carpi in three races: the 800 and 1500 freestyle in the pool and the 10 km cross-country in open water.Olympian of Carpi in three races: the 800 and 1500 freestyle in the pool and the 10 km cross-country in open water.