Five days are left until the opening of the Beijing Olympics. The Japanese team departed from Haneda Airport for Beijing on the morning of the 30th. It is a state of the Japanese team departing from Haneda Airport. It is a video before 11:00 am. A navy blazer, a red tie and a chief figure are the Japanese national team players. The team Japan emblem is shining on the left chest. This blazer will be used for opening and closing ceremonies. The Beijing Olympics will have an opening ceremony on February 4th and will be held for 17 days until February 20th. It will be competed in 109 events in 15 competitions, which is the largest number in the history of winter competitions, such as a new event of ski jumping mixed group. Some competitions such as curling will start on the 2nd of next month. The number of athletes participating in the Beijing Games will be 124, the highest number ever for the Winter Olympics abroad. The women’s ice hockey team has already entered the Olympic Village. About 80 athletes left Japan on the 30th of this month. On the 29th, the union ceremony held at a hotel in Tokyo was held with a large number of visitors to prevent infection of the Japanese national team participating in the Beijing Olympics. Only four players, Hidehito Ito, Masahiko Harada, captain Miho Takagi, and Arisa Go, the flag bearer, were able to participate in the team. Other players are now watching videos remotely. The opening ceremony is February 4, but Taiwanese officials have announced on the night of the 28th that they will not allow a team of 15 athletes, including athletes and coaches participating in the Beijing Olympics, to participate in the opening and closing ceremonies. The Taiwanese authorities have not mentioned political reasons, but at the opening ceremony etc., the Taiwanese national team will be called “Chinese Taipei” by the Chinese side and will be used for political promotion conscious of “One China”. You may have been concerned. In China, the Chinese New Year holidays will begin on the 31st. A total of 3 billion people move home every year, but it is expected that this year will be about one-third due to the influence of the new corona, as it was last year. At a press conference on the 29th, the Japanese team leader Ito was asked about the goals of this tournament and said, “I want to win a medal that exceeds the Pyeongchang tournament.” He was eager to win more medals. The captain of the Japanese team is Miho Takagi of speed skating. In 2010, a 15-year-old junior high school student participated in the Vancouver 2010 Games for the first time. This time, in addition to the 1500 meters that hold the world record, we will participate in a total of 5 events, including 500 meters, 1000 meters, 3000 meters, and group pursuits. Similarly, speed skating player Nao Kodaira is expected to win the 500-meter second straight. Yuzuru Hanyu, a boy in figure skating, is aiming for the third straight victory. Is it possible to see a 4-turn accelerator = a 4-turn and a half jump? Ayumu Hirano, a snowboarder, became the fifth Japanese summer-winter “two-sword style” player at the Tokyo Olympics last summer. This time, a gold medal is expected for the halfpipe boys. The flight time between Haneda and Beijing is about three and a half hours, and the team will arrive in Beijing soon.
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