TOKYO OLYMPICS:COUNTDOWN BEGINS TO THE OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY ON FRIDAY
Athletes will parade through a largely empty Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, as spectators have been barred from most of the Games. Performers at this year’s lineup have not yet been announced Athletes will parade through a largely empty Olympic stadium in Tokyo, as spectators have been barred from most of the Games. Performers at this year’s lineup have not yet been announced
GUWAHATI,july 23: Due to a worse hits by Covid-19 pandemic. The summer Olympics is organising after a year long delay, the opening ceremony for the TOKYO OLYMPICS 2020 begins today’s Friday evening here. But by maintaining all precautionary measures like social distancing and no fans, the ceremony in this time will look a lot different comparing to the prior games.
The opening ceremony for the Olympics is scheduled for Friday night in Tokyo. But the 13-hour time difference with Tokyo means it will be Friday morning in the Eastern time zone of the United States. The games will starts at 4:30 pm according to indian time zones.
NBC will have a live morning broadcast of the ceremony starting at 6:55 a.m Eastern time, marking the first time the network has ever had a live morning broadcast of the event. Savannah Guthrie, the anchor for “Today,” and NBC Sports’ Mike Tirico will host NBC’s coverage. The ceremony can also be streamed on the NBC Sports App and on NBCOlympics.com
Afterward, NBC will also broadcast a special edition of “Today” that includes athlete interviews, followed by an Olympic daytime show.
Athletes will parade through a largely empty Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, as spectators have been barred from most of the Games. Performers at this year’s lineup have not yet been announced. And NBC has no plans to add background noise that mimics the fans in the stands throughout the Games, NBC Olympics executive producer Molly Solomon said during a call last week. That’s a departure from last year, when most broadcasters would pipe in recorded fans for games during the pandemic.
Two more Olympic athletes test positive for Covid-19
The organisers announced 11 new positive cases overall
Total number of covid-19 cases in Games village is 86.