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Of fire for that in tokyo, as you know, with the coronavirus raging across tokyo and japan, athletes very concerned about living in the so—called olympic bubble, and this gives them a chance to put athletes first. in terms of other athletes that you are talking about, it will be interesting to see what happens here with these belarusian athletes. a lot will depend on the support she gets from poland, the czech republic and other athletes in the village and on the scene. we know that we will have a media briefing from the ioc at about midday here in tokyo, in about two hours�* time. how dif...

Chance in 2024 in paris to do that. and he blamed the heat, the oppressive heat. it is very hot, possibly the hottest summer games on record. >> yeah, he was so impressive at wimbledon. it looked like the olympics were going to be easy for him but turned out not to be the case. you mentioned the heat. that's a huge problem for these athletes. outside the olympic bubble, though, covid continues to be a major problem in japan. is that really impacting the olympics right now? >> reporter: it's not impacting the olympics in terms of olympic bubble which is still holding. you only have a couple hun...

Protesters. there are quite large crowds of them on this street down here where we're not allowed to go be're olympic bubble. but apparently they can hear these chants from inside the stadium. the 68,000 seat stadium had fewer than 1,000 guests, most of them foreign dignitaries. a $1.5 billion arena welcoming athletes from some 200 competing countries. among those there, f only a third of team usa appearing. flag-bearers, sue bird from the wnba and baseball's eddy alvarez, leading the u.s. delegation. but notably absent, the women's soccer team and team usa gymnasts, including simone biles, wh...

That's a lot more than we're seeing in the united states, in a country that is a fraction of our size. >> steve, thank you. >> and authorities had feared this in the tokyo olympics. a member of the u.s. gymnastics team testing positive, as well as coco gauff. and inside the olympic bubble, at least 61 people have now tested positive for the virus. james longman from tokyo tonight. >> reporter: tonight, covid-19 defeating some olympic athletes before they've even had a chance to compete. heartbreak for 18-year-old kara eaker, an alternate for the u.s. women's gymnastic team testing positive in ...

Season's earlier in the pandemic because of concerns about their physical health. but now we're continuing to see the mental toll that the rigidity of a bubble environment takes on some. and wnba star liz, who would represent australia's olympic women's basketball team is opting out of the game. she's citing her mental health. the 29-year-old said she's been having panic attacks, not sleeping, not eating for the past month and in a statement on social media she wrote the prospect of having no friends, no family, no fans and no support system outside of the team during the olympics is honestly ...