The 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo have not really started yet, and there was an initial excitement.
A bear walks through Fukushima Stadium.
Tokyo / Fukushima - The official opening ceremony of the Olympic Games * in Tokyo has not yet taken place.
A first “fan” immediately defied the ban on spectators.
At first this could not be found either.
What happened?
A furry fan almost succeeded in circumventing the ban on spectators at the Olympic Games * in Japan due to the corona crisis.
Shortly before the start of the first competition on Wednesday in Fukushima, a collar bear caused a stir inside the Fukushima stadium: As a police spokesman for the
AFP
news
agency
confirmed, the intruder could not be found until the start of the first competition.
Olympia 2021: Well, where did it come from?
Bear alarm in the stadium during the opening competition
The bear was therefore seen for the first time on Tuesday as he leisurely strolled through the Azuma baseball stadium in Fukushima.
When he wandered around the stadium again on Wednesday night a few hours before the start of the competition between the Japanese and Australian softball players,
all security guards were mobilized to search for the animal
, according to the newspaper
Sports Hochi
.
So what to do
According to the paper, they even played music over the loudspeakers to scare the animal off and ignited firecrackers - but in vain.
The bear was nowhere to be found.
Regardless of the unwanted guest, the softball game went on without incident.
It ended with an 8-1 win for the Japanese hosts.
The “pre-start” of the games was symbolically awarded to Fukushima, where a severe earthquake and the subsequent tsunami in March 2011 triggered the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. The official opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics will take place in Tokyo on Friday.
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