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"My first reaction is that we need to thank our Japanese friends, to be able to pull that off in this particular situation is kind of amazing, it's a remarkable achievement," said Thobois, who was visiting Tokyo for the Paralympics. They also implemented a series of protective measures including frequent testing, mandatory mask wearing and a bubble environment, outlined in"playbooks" distributed to athletes and other Olympic participants.
"We're talking about the pandemic today, maybe tomorrow it's a heat wave, you know every Games has had its challenges in the past, and we'll try to be as ready as possible to face those."
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