During our soft quarantine period, the first 14 days in Tokyo, public transport was out of bounds for us. Spotting buses, in fact, became an Olympic sport. Randolph Ross can sprint 400m in 45.67 seconds but the 15-minute walk from his apartment block inside the Olympic Village to the shuttle pick-up zone gets his goat. “It’s a lot more walk than you can imagine for an Olympic runner,” he says. Technically, the Tokyo Olympics were to take place in front of empty stands.

Source: Indian Express August 09, 2021 18:56 UTC