The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics begins with a minute of silence

The Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, which began a year late due to the coronavirus pandemic, have officially kicked off in Japan.

The grand show due to the security measures in connection with the covid takes place in virtually empty stands. Foreign spectators were not allowed to attend the games at all.

As noted by "Championship", the parade of athletes will take an incredibly long two hours for such ceremonies. This is due to sanitary measures and the need to maintain social distance.

The Russian national team, which is deprived of the right to play under the national flag due to a doping scandal, enters the 77th stadium in a row.

The athletes who arrived at the Games were greeted by IOC Chief Thomas Bach and Japanese Emperor Naruhito.

For millions of TV viewers watching the broadcast, dancers in huge wooden rings performed. The dancer then performed a mournful dance of the dead, followed by a minute of silence in memory of all the victims of the coronavirus.

In honor of the opening ceremony of the Games, on the eve of the start of the show, fireworks were held over the stadium, symbolizing that the world is alive. It turned out to be very effective against the background of a black sky: in Japan, by the time the ceremony began, it was already completely dark.