The long road to the Tokyo Olympics - Part 2 (w/ Patrick St. Michel)

Episode 92,   Jul 23, 2021, 05:00 AM

Tonight, the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics officially begin with the opening ceremony. It will be a Games like none before it, with its host city, Tokyo, under a state of emergency and COVID-19 still very much a threat to the public.

In Part 2 of this two-part look at the long and tumultuous road to the Olympics, we discuss heat, corruption and the endless run of scandals that followed when the COVID-19 pandemic forced a one-year postponement of the Games.

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Photo: People protest against the Tokyo Olympic Games outside the Akasaka State Guest House, where International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach attended a welcome ceremony on Sunday. | REUTERS