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(10 Nov 2020) The president of the International Gymnastics Federation said Tuesday that the one-day exhibition gymnastics event held in the Olympic Stadium on Sunday was proof that an international competition can be held safely in Tokyo.
Morinari Watanabe also said it was important to "convey their feelings to the world."
The competition was held in front of several thousand fans with 22 athletes participating from Russia, China and the United States.
They were joined by eight athletes from Japan.
Tokyo 2020 Games Delivery Officer Hidemasa Nakamura said this competition will be "a very big guidepost" when discussing with the Japanese government and Tokyo Metropolitan Government how to host the games.
The visiting athletes entered after a 14-day quarantine at home and were largely kept penned up in their Tokyo hotel in strict isolation. They also underwent virus tests daily in Japan.
The event is the latest — a Japanese baseball stadium was filled to capacity last week — intended to show that the postponed Tokyo Olympics can open in just under nine months.
But there are more difficult numbers that the Olympics must overcome.
Next year's Games will involve 11,000 athletes from 206 nations and territories, all affected differently by COVID-19. Add to this 4,400 more Paralympians and thousands more officials, judges, VIPs, media, broadcasters and sponsors who will also need to enter Japan.
Tokyo organizers and the International Olympic Committee have given few details and concrete plans are not expected until next year when a vaccine and rapid testing might be available to resolve some problems.

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