The five Olympic rings are back in Tokyo Bay, where the games will be hosted. The rings were removed for maintenance four months ago following the postponement of the games to next year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The rings arrived on a short cruise from Yokohama on Tuesday and are placed on a barge in the shadow on Tokyo’s Rainbow Bridge.
The five gigantic rings – blue, black, red, green and yellow – are about 15 metres tall and 33 metres in length, which is about 50 feet tall and 100 feet in length
The rings will be put to light at night and indicate the coming of the Tokyo Olympics, which will kick-off on July 23, 2021, followed by Paralympics from August 24.
The reappearance of the rings after late March hint at the increasing confidence of the organisers and the International Olympics Committee of getting over 15,000 athletes safely in Japan during a pandemic.
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