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Inside look at a pandemic Olympics

  • <p>People hold posters with a message "Mask on, Mask off" during the women's archery team qualification event at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, at Yumenoshima Final Field. Sergei Bobylev/TASS (Photo by Sergei Bobylev\TASS via Getty Images)</p>
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    People hold posters with a message "Mask on, Mask off" during the women's archery team qualification event at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, at Yumenoshima Final Field. Sergei Bobylev/TASS (Photo by Sergei Bobylev\TASS via Getty Images)

  • <p>A robot delivers match balls on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Stadium on July 26, 2021 in Chofu, Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images)</p>
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    A robot delivers match balls on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Stadium on July 26, 2021 in Chofu, Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images)

  • <p>Rows of partitioned cubicles for members of the media to provide spit samples for Covid-19 tests are seen on day two of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Nippon Budokan on July 25, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.</p>
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    Rows of partitioned cubicles for members of the media to provide spit samples for Covid-19 tests are seen on day two of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Nippon Budokan on July 25, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.

  • <p>Judges wearing masks due to the Covid-19 pandemic look on as an athlete trains in the floor exercise during Women's Podium Training ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics Center on July 22, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Patrick Smith / Getty Images)</p>
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    Judges wearing masks due to the Covid-19 pandemic look on as an athlete trains in the floor exercise during Women's Podium Training ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics Center on July 22, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Patrick Smith / Getty Images)

  • <p>Members of China's tennis table team disinfect their gloves as they arrive for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Narita International Airport in Narita, Chiba prefecture on July 17, 2021. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP)</p>
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    Members of China's tennis table team disinfect their gloves as they arrive for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Narita International Airport in Narita, Chiba prefecture on July 17, 2021. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

  • <p>A photographer wearing a face mask to prevent the spread of COVID-19 walks under a disinfection system installed at the International Press Center for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo on July 21, 2021. (Photo by Yuri CORTEZ / AFP) </p>
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    A photographer wearing a face mask to prevent the spread of COVID-19 walks under a disinfection system installed at the International Press Center for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo on July 21, 2021. (Photo by Yuri CORTEZ / AFP)

  • <p>Volunteers clean and disinfect mats during the judo competition during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on July 24, 2021. (Photo by Franck FIFE / AFP)</p>
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    Volunteers clean and disinfect mats during the judo competition during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on July 24, 2021. (Photo by Franck FIFE / AFP)

  • <p>A volunteer cleans a desk with alcohol tissue in the Main Press Centre in Tokyo on July 20, 2021, ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)</p>
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    A volunteer cleans a desk with alcohol tissue in the Main Press Centre in Tokyo on July 20, 2021, ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)

  • <p>Simone Biles of Team United States (center) wears a mask during Women's Podium Training ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics Centre on July 22, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)</p>
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    Simone Biles of Team United States (center) wears a mask during Women's Podium Training ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics Centre on July 22, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

  • <p>A worker sanitizes beach volleyballs during training at Shiokaze Park ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on July 20, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)</p>
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    A worker sanitizes beach volleyballs during training at Shiokaze Park ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on July 20, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

  • <p>Tokyo 2020 volunteers sanitise a table during a table tennis training session at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, in Tokyo, on July 21, 2021, ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP) </p>
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    Tokyo 2020 volunteers sanitise a table during a table tennis training session at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, in Tokyo, on July 21, 2021, ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)

  • <p>India coach Lahkan Sharma sprays down the bars during a training session at the Ariake Gymnastics Arena ahead of the start of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo By Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)</p>
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    India coach Lahkan Sharma sprays down the bars during a training session at the Ariake Gymnastics Arena ahead of the start of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo By Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

  • <p>An official sprays disinfectant onto the pitch in an attempt to halt the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games men's group C first round football match between Argentina and Australia at the Sapporo Dome in Sapporo on July 22, 2021. (Photo by ASANO IKKO / AFP) </p>
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    An official sprays disinfectant onto the pitch in an attempt to halt the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games men's group C first round football match between Argentina and Australia at the Sapporo Dome in Sapporo on July 22, 2021. (Photo by ASANO IKKO / AFP)

  • <p>Bottles of hand sanitizer can be seen prior to the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on July 23, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images)</p>
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    Bottles of hand sanitizer can be seen prior to the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on July 23, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

  • <p>A volunteer cleans and disinfects the court during badminton competition on day one of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza on July 24, 2021 in Chofu, Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)</p>
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    A volunteer cleans and disinfects the court during badminton competition on day one of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza on July 24, 2021 in Chofu, Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

  • <p>Disinfection against COVID-19 by medical staff during the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games on July 25, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, 25/07/2021 ( Photo by Vincent Kalut / Photonews via Getty Images)</p>
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    Disinfection against COVID-19 by medical staff during the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games on July 25, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, 25/07/2021 ( Photo by Vincent Kalut / Photonews via Getty Images)

  • <p>Young fans wearing face masks enjoy the pre match atmosphere prior to the Men's First Round Group B match between New Zealand and Honduras on day two of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ibaraki Kashima Stadium on July 25, 2021 in Kashima, Ibaraki, Japan. (Photo by Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images)</p>
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    Young fans wearing face masks enjoy the pre match atmosphere prior to the Men's First Round Group B match between New Zealand and Honduras on day two of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ibaraki Kashima Stadium on July 25, 2021 in Kashima, Ibaraki, Japan. (Photo by Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images)

  • <p>Team Hungary players line wearing face masks during the Men's Preliminary Round Group A match between Hungary and Greece on day two of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tatsumi Water Polo Centre on July 25, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)</p>
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    Team Hungary players line wearing face masks during the Men's Preliminary Round Group A match between Hungary and Greece on day two of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tatsumi Water Polo Centre on July 25, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

  • <p>A member of ground staff wearing a face mask waters the pitch at half time during the Men's First Round Group C match between Egypt and Spain during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Sapporo Dome on July 22, 2021 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. (Photo by Masashi Hara/Getty Images)</p>
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    A member of ground staff wearing a face mask waters the pitch at half time during the Men's First Round Group C match between Egypt and Spain during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Sapporo Dome on July 22, 2021 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. (Photo by Masashi Hara/Getty Images)

<p>People hold posters with a message "Mask on, Mask off" during the women's archery team qualification event at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, at Yumenoshima Final Field. Sergei Bobylev/TASS (Photo by Sergei Bobylev\TASS via Getty Images)</p>
<p>A robot delivers match balls on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Stadium on July 26, 2021 in Chofu, Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images)</p>
<p>Rows of partitioned cubicles for members of the media to provide spit samples for Covid-19 tests are seen on day two of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Nippon Budokan on July 25, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.</p>
<p>Judges wearing masks due to the Covid-19 pandemic look on as an athlete trains in the floor exercise during Women's Podium Training ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics Center on July 22, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Patrick Smith / Getty Images)</p>
<p>Members of China's tennis table team disinfect their gloves as they arrive for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Narita International Airport in Narita, Chiba prefecture on July 17, 2021. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP)</p>
<p>A photographer wearing a face mask to prevent the spread of COVID-19 walks under a disinfection system installed at the International Press Center for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo on July 21, 2021. (Photo by Yuri CORTEZ / AFP) </p>
<p>Volunteers clean and disinfect mats during the judo competition during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on July 24, 2021. (Photo by Franck FIFE / AFP)</p>
<p>A volunteer cleans a desk with alcohol tissue in the Main Press Centre in Tokyo on July 20, 2021, ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)</p>
<p>Simone Biles of Team United States (center) wears a mask during Women's Podium Training ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics Centre on July 22, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)</p>
<p>A worker sanitizes beach volleyballs during training at Shiokaze Park ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on July 20, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)</p>
<p>Tokyo 2020 volunteers sanitise a table during a table tennis training session at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, in Tokyo, on July 21, 2021, ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP) </p>
<p>India coach Lahkan Sharma sprays down the bars during a training session at the Ariake Gymnastics Arena ahead of the start of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo By Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)</p>
<p>An official sprays disinfectant onto the pitch in an attempt to halt the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games men's group C first round football match between Argentina and Australia at the Sapporo Dome in Sapporo on July 22, 2021. (Photo by ASANO IKKO / AFP) </p>
<p>Bottles of hand sanitizer can be seen prior to the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on July 23, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images)</p>
<p>A volunteer cleans and disinfects the court during badminton competition on day one of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza on July 24, 2021 in Chofu, Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)</p>
<p>Disinfection against COVID-19 by medical staff during the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games on July 25, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, 25/07/2021 ( Photo by Vincent Kalut / Photonews via Getty Images)</p>
<p>Young fans wearing face masks enjoy the pre match atmosphere prior to the Men's First Round Group B match between New Zealand and Honduras on day two of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ibaraki Kashima Stadium on July 25, 2021 in Kashima, Ibaraki, Japan. (Photo by Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images)</p>
<p>Team Hungary players line wearing face masks during the Men's Preliminary Round Group A match between Hungary and Greece on day two of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tatsumi Water Polo Centre on July 25, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)</p>
<p>A member of ground staff wearing a face mask waters the pitch at half time during the Men's First Round Group C match between Egypt and Spain during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Sapporo Dome on July 22, 2021 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. (Photo by Masashi Hara/Getty Images)</p>
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The Olympics are typically a celebratroy time for the world, but Tokyo 2020 has been overshadowed by the global COVID pandemic. Despite protective measures, athletes and officials have continued to test positive in Tokyo. Take an inside look at the unprecedented pandemic Olympics.