The Olympic rings which was removed in August for maintenance has been reinstalled in Tokyo Bay on Tuesday, as organisers getting ready with ground preparations for next year’s postponed Summer Games. The monument which stands 15.3m tall and 32.6m wide and was installed in the month of January. The return of the monument signals the world that the Games are getting closer, Tokyo metropolitan government planning director Atsushi Yanashimizu told new agency.
“Since the symbol is here, we want Tokyo residents and also internationally to feel that the Games are coming very soon,” Yanashimizu said. “Also, we want everyone to feel we will have the Tokyo 2020 Games definitely next year.” The monument, is to be lit up later on Tuesday, will remain in place next to Rainbow Bridge until August the finish of Olympic games. The Olympic monument will be replaced with the Paralympics logo.
Due to the pandemic outbreak the Olympics were pushed back by a year in March and the organisers have yet to provide the figure of how much the postponement cost the Olympic committee. On Monday Japanese News agency reported that organisers estimated the cost of COVID-19 countermeasures for the Games would run to around 100 billion yen ($960 million).
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