and gathering in places that could cause the infection to spread more. so many people have asked me, how do the people of tokyo feel about the paralympics going ahead? is there enthusiasm or hostility? and i think the answer is, emotions here are again very mixed. there is no hostility towards the games themselves or the athletes, people here are very welcoming of those who have come to compete, and they will watch the games on television with enthusiasm as they did with the olympics. i think the hostilities mainly towards the ioc and the japanese government for the very bad management they have made of the covid pandemic, the very slow roll—out of vaccines here, and the fact that this has been pushed ahead with despite the fact that the pandemic has been getting worse and worse. let's hear more about one of the athletes in tokyo. steve bate is the first person with a visual impairment to solo climb el capitan in california, one of hardest ascents in the world. but his talents don't stop there — after taking up road cycling, he's made his way into team gb.