Australia's softball team becomes the first group of athletes to land in Japan for the Olympics, in a major milestone for the pandemic-postponed Games
Australian softball national team players arrive at Narita Airport in Chiba prefecture on June 1, 2021 to take part in the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Sporting facemasks and wearing their green and gold uniforms, they were met by greeters sporting hats decorated with Olympic and Paralympic mascots. They waved to cameras and snapped selfies as they filled out paperwork before testing. Much of Japan, including Tokyo, is under a virus state of emergency, and polls largely show a majority of Japanese want the Games further delayed or cancelled altogether.
"We know it's going to be a bit of a long trip over, we know we're going to go through lots and lots of Covid testing," said player Jade Wall, as the squad prepared to leave Sydney. And the entire delegation will be kept to a single hotel floor for sleeping, eating and working out at the gym. The squad will be playing local teams and winnowing down athletes to a 15-woman side before moving into the Olympic Village on July 17.
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