A Dutch rowing trainer had a depressing description of what the pandemic Olympics are like

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'When you're thirty years older, and you look back to the Tokyo Olympics, it's not the full experience.'

COVID-19 has dramatically changed the Olympics, as there are no fans and little for athletes to do.The trainer noted that celebrations will be much more muted without fans in attendance.There will be no spectators allowed. Athletes are shuttled to and from events and aren't supposed to leave

"It's the venue. It's the hotel. And in between, we're in a taxi, or the rowers are on the bus," de Haan said. The trainer told NPR that he has been looking at Tokyo from outside his hotel room window and doesn't see much buzz for the games.

 

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