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Thailands 23-year-old taekwondo champ Panipak Wongpattanakit carries the countrys hopes at Olympic Games on Saturday, but she faces three formidable opponents from South Korea, China and Serbia in her quest for the gold.

The Tokyo Olympics have begun. The path leading to this point has been anything but smooth, and the government will continue walking a tightrope over the next two weeks.

It has been eight years in the making, and the 32nd Olympic Summer Games finally kicked off in Tokyo on Friday, with a sobering, toned-down opening ceremony held at the National Stadium without spectators during the global coronavirus pandemic.

HONG KONG – The Hong Kong government on Friday launched “Olympics live zones” at 18 designated sports centers across the territory for the public to watch the Olympic events and show their support for Hong Kong athletes.

The Tokyo Olympics formally kicked off Friday as the second Summer Games ever held in Japan’s capital. The opening ceremony began at 8 p.m. at the National Stadium without spectators. The previous Tokyo Games were held in 1964.

The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee dismissed Kentaro Kobayashi from his role as director of the Olympic opening and closing ceremonies on Thursday over jokes he made about the holocaust in a comedy skit decades ago.

The Tokyo Olympics get underway Friday with the Opening Ceremonies, the once-every-two-years display of pomp, circumstance, parades, oath-taking, flame-lighting and various cultural oddities.

TOKYO - An alternate for the U.S. womens gymnastics team tested positive for the coronavirus, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee said Monday. The U.S. team includes six athletes who will compete here, plus four alternates.

TOKYO - The first positive coronavirus case has been confirmed inside the Olympics Village just six days before the Opening Ceremony, officials said Saturday, amid growing fears about the spread of the virus during the Games.

A group of Thai athletes flew on Friday to Japan to take part in the Olympic Games.

TOKYO - Japan will bar spectators from all Olympic events held in and around Tokyo, organizers announced Thursday, as the government imposed a fresh state of emergency to cover the capital during the Games.

The Tokyo metropolitan government has decided to cancel the torch relay for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games along public roads except for those on islands, including the Ogasawara Islands, according to sources.