1. Wild bear found on football field

Police said an Asiatic black bear was spotted at the Azuma Sports Park softball stadium on the evening of July 20 and the morning of July 21, just hours before the match between Japan and Australia was set to begin. Despite the close of the match, the bear was not found, and the match went ahead as planned without any disturbance from the wild animal. The bear’s whereabouts remain a mystery.

2. Australian athlete disqualified for testing positive for cocaine

36-year-old equestrian Jamie Kermond has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for a banned substance. He admitted to recreational use of the substance during a non-Olympic event.

3. Ugandan bodybuilder... on the run

Athlete Julius Ssekitoleko escaped from the hotel where the Ugandan delegation was staying on the evening of July 16. When he left, he left behind all his belongings and a note explaining that he did not want to return to his home country after the Olympics.

The 20-year-old's escape plan did not go smoothly when he was found in Yokkaichi - about 160 km from where the team was training - on July 21.

4. Six swimmers were sent back to their country.

Finnish athletes Alicja Tchorz, Bartosz Piszczorowicz, Aleksandra Polanska, Mateusz Chowaniec, Dominika Kossakowska and Jan Holub missed out on competing at the world's biggest sporting event due to a technical fault.

The Dutch Swimming Federation said that an error in the team roster led to too many names being added to the Olympic team. The error resulted in six athletes being sent home upon arrival in Japan.

5. Swimmers forced to withdraw from competition

Despite being blind and deaf, disabled athlete Becca Meyers won three gold medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics. It was thought she would make history again in Tokyo, but unfortunately Meyers was forced to withdraw from the competition because her medical caretaker, who is also Meyers' mother, was banned from accompanying her to Japan.

Meyers said the reason the US Olympic & Paralympic Committee didn't allow her to have a personal caregiver was because the organization had already arranged medical care for her and 33 other disabled athletes.

6. The boat race track is invaded by oysters.

In June, the Organizing Committee had to spend more than 1.28 million USD to urgently repair the boat race track due to oyster invasion. Accordingly, more than 14 tons of oysters had attached to the safety barrier on the water surface and caused them to sink.

7. Tokyo Bay smells bad

Tokyo Bay, which will host the relay swimming competition of the triathlon, is said to smell foul. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, the water smells of sewage and animal waste, and is at risk of E. coli contamination. The reason is believed to be because Tokyo does not have a separate drainage system for rainwater and sewage.

8. Composer for Olympic opening ceremony resigns

Keigo Oyamada (52 years old) resigned after an old interview about him bullying a classmate was resurfaced. The interview was conducted in 1995, in which the composer confessed to committing extremely terrible acts against a mentally disabled classmate.

9. The director of the opening show was dismissed.

Kentaro Kobayashi, who was in charge of the opening ceremony at the Olympics, was also dismissed before the opening ceremony due to his past indiscretions. Accordingly, in a 1990 television program, Mr. Kobayashi made extremely malicious jokes about Jews.

Although the incident happened many years ago, the Olympic Organizing Committee is still afraid that tolerating substandard behavior will affect the athletes participating in the event, thereby making the decision to remove Mr. Kobayashi from his position.

10. And... the positives

Actually, "lucky" or "unlucky" depends on each person's perspective. Maybe because we are living in difficult times of the pandemic, it is easier to quickly "equate" bad luck. But, just look at it from another angle, you will see that there are many cute and positive things.

For example, Japan's entire commitment and efforts to use recycled and environmentally friendly materials in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Gold medals made from electronic waste; Olympic torches made from recycled materials from demolished houses; uniforms made from Coca-Cola; Olympic podiums and awards made from shampoo and shower gel bottles;athlete's bed made from cardboard...

Or, who couldn't help but chuckle at the 33 sports simulation at the Olympics opening ceremony?

And, when Keith Urban, John Legend, and Japanese artists performed together at the opening ceremony, the songImagineThe legend of John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, a Japanese woman.

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