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Distanced cheering squads are loud but its not the same level of support and energy that american athletes in particular are used to feeding off of at big events like the olympics. >> obviously, covid hanging over everything in tokyo. we now have ten new games-related covid cases reported just yesterday. several dozen athletes from around the world forced to drop out. just give us an overall view of how covid is impacting these games on a day-to-day basis. >> the number one in the world in golf,...

Im alison kosik in new york, and this is "cnn newsroom." olympic competitions are in full swing in tokyo with the long-awaited start of the 2020 summer games. china has claimed the first two gold medals in womens ten-meter air rifle and womens as weightlifting. even as fireworks opened the games the virus that stopped them a year ago remains as dangerous as ever. officials have documented 127 cases connected to the games including 17 in the past day. a dutch rower and portuguese surfer are lat...