1. Wild bear spotted on soccer field.

Police representatives said an Asian black bear was spotted at Azuma Sports Park softball stadium on the evening of July 20th and the morning of July 21st, just hours before the match between Japan and Australia was scheduled to begin. Despite the match being imminent, authorities were unable to locate the bear, and the game proceeded as planned without disruption. The bear's whereabouts remain unknown to this day.

2. Australian athlete disqualified after testing positive for cocaine.

36-year-old equestrian Jamie Kermond has been temporarily suspended after testing positive for drugs. He admitted to using banned substances for recreational purposes at an event outside of the Olympics.

3. Ugandan bodybuilder... goes on the run.

Ugandan athlete Julius Ssekitoleko fled the hotel where the Ugandan delegation was staying on the evening of July 16th. He left behind all his belongings and a note explaining his reason for leaving: he did not want to return to his homeland after the Olympics.

The 20-year-old athlete'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 home.

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

The Dutch Swimming Federation stated that the delegation was mistakenly listed, resulting in an excessive number of athletes on the Olympic team. This error led to six athletes being sent home immediately upon arrival in Japan.

5. Swimmers forced to withdraw from competition.

Despite being deaf and blind, Becca Meyers, a disabled athlete, excelled and won three gold medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics. It seemed she would achieve another feat in Tokyo, but unfortunately, Meyers was forced to withdraw from the competition. This was because her medical caregiver – who is also Meyers' mother – was prohibited from accompanying her to Japan.

Meyers stated that the reason the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee did not allow her to have a private caregiver was because the committee had already assigned medical care to her and 33 other disabled athletes.

6. The rowing course is being invaded by oysters.

In June, the organizers had to spend over $1.28 million to urgently repair the sailing course due to an oyster infestation. More than 14 tons of oysters had attached themselves to the safety barriers on the water's surface, causing them to sink.

7. Tokyo Bay smells awful.

Tokyo Bay, where the swimming relay event of the triathlon will be held, is said to have an unpleasant odor. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the water smells of sewage and animal waste, and is at risk of E. coli contamination. The cause is believed to be Tokyo's lack of a separate drainage system for rainwater and sewage.

8. The composer for the Olympic opening ceremony resigns.

Keigo Oyamada, 52, resigned after an old interview about his past bullying of a classmate resurfaced. The interview, conducted in 1995, shows the composer confessing to horrific behavior towards a classmate with intellectual disabilities.

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 ceremony due to past careless remarks. Specifically, in a 1990 television program, Kobayashi made extremely malicious jokes about Jewish people.

Although the incident happened many years ago, the Olympic organizing committee still feared that tolerating such inappropriate behavior would negatively impact the athletes participating in the event, leading to the decision to dismiss Mr. Kobayashi.

10. And... the positive things

Actually, "luck" or "bad luck" is a matter of individual perspective. Perhaps because we are living through difficult times due to the pandemic, it's easier to hastily equate bad luck with good luck. But, if you look at it from a different angle, you'll see there are still many lovely and positive things.

For example, Japan's entire commitment and effort to using recycled and environmentally friendly materials at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Gold medals made from electronic waste; the Olympic torch made from recycled materials from demolished houses; uniforms made from Coca-Cola; the Olympic podium and awards ceremony made from shampoo and shower gel bottles;The athletes' beds are made from cardboard....

Or, who could fail to chuckle with delight at the reenactment of 33 sports at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games?

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

Bo Di