DThe Japanese Olympic sensitivity is determined by two series of numbers: the development of new infections coronavirus Medal victories for athletes in Tokyo and Japan. Both rows are carefully registered in Japan, and both rows are facing upwards. But halfway through the Olympics, the Covid number seems to be breaking records, which is even more important for Japan-in a negative sense.
The country does not resist the virus as its Asian neighbors like South Korea or Taiwan, but it resists the virus better than most Western countries, and is experiencing an unprecedented increase in infections. For the first time this week, the number of new infections reached more than 10,000 in one day. The delta variant of the virus is entering a population where only about 27% of the population is fully vaccinated. In Germany, this proportion exceeds 50%. Doctors warned that the capital’s health system is about to be overloaded. For the first time and repeatedly, the capital has reported more than 3,000 new infections in one day.
Half of the goal
The government is expanding the virus emergency in space and time. The virus first spread in Tokyo and surrounding areas, which is the country’s largest population center. If there were no Olympics, this would most likely be the same.
In stark contrast to the Covid figures, in the first few days of the Olympics, medals rained over Japan, making the host one of the top three on the medal table.Japan currently has 15 gold medals, achieving half of Japan’s goal enough Set before the pandemic, withdrawn during the pandemic. The sheen of the metal masks the human drama that Japanese athletes have brought to their homeland. There is Judo player Funoki. He missed Japan’s first gold medal by a narrow margin in the 48kg judo competition. Then he said to the camera: “My weaknesses are exposed.” Japan’s first gold medal was then in the class. It was handed to Naohisa Naohisa, who weighed up to 60 kg and almost apologized: “This is not an attractive fight, but it is my judo.”
Swimmer Yui Ohashi won the gold medal in the 200m and 400m individual medley. Honda Chi, unexpectedly swam the Silver Butterfly more than 200 meters. Excellent gymnasts in recent years, Uchimura HangheiWho slid off the horizontal bar, wondering if it has anything to do with gymnastics. Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito won the first gold medal in a mixed table tennis doubles match against China. Two judo gold medals by brothers and sisters Uta and Hifumi Abe. Tennis player Naomi Osaka ignited the Olympic flame in the stadium, and was eliminated in the third round. He won the Olympic gold medal in skateboarding for his hometown Horiri Yuto and 13-year-old Westinghouse Momiji. Of course there is also the Japanese women’s softball gold medal.
