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| - AFP is moving a multimedia package to mark 100 days to go to the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which are due to start on July 23. We will shortly move the following: Oly-2020-2021-Japan-health-virus-100days,CHRONO TOKYO From the unprecedented coronavirus postponement to sexism scandals and a ban on overseas fans, the path to staging the Tokyo Olympics has been far from smooth. 700 words 0140 GMT. Picture. Graphics Oly-2020-2021-Tokyo-JPN-Japan-100days,FACTS TOKYO From a state-of-the-art aquatics centre to a historic martial arts arena whose roof resembles Mount Fuji, Japan's Olympic sites are ready for action after a year's coronavirus delay. 700 words 0130 GMT. Graphic, file picture,file video Oly-2020-2021-1964-Japan-history-100days,FOCUS PARIS The 1964 summer Olympic Games were Japan's great return to the world stage after its defeat and destruction two decades earlier in World War II. 650 words 0130 GMT by Andrea Graells Tempel. File picture Oly-20202-2021-doping-100days,FOCUS LAUSANNE The global reduction in travel and human contact over the last year may have played an important role in battling Covid-19 but it has added a new layer of complexity to fighting the doping cheats ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. 700 words 0140 GMT by Coralie Febvre. File picture Oly-2020-2021-stars-100days,FACTS TOKYO How ready are the biggest Olympic stars for the rescheduled Tokyo Games, which will finally take place in July, a year later than planned after the Covid-19 pandemic forced their postponement? 950 words 0130 GMT. File picture Moving later Tuesday: Oly-2020-2021-Japan-100days,WRAP TOKYO The Olympic flame is on its way across Japan and athletes around the world are ramping up training, but 100 days before Tokyo 2020 opens, organisers still face monumental challenges. 650 words 1930 GMT by Sara Hussein. Picture, Graphic afp
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