The rearranged Tokyo Olympics got under way in low-key fashion on Wednesday as Japan’s women’s softball team prevailed over Australia in Fukushima. While the opening ceremony is not until Friday, both the softball and women’s football programmes began 48 hours earlier, the latter because of the sheer volume of fixtures. Picture of the dayCanada’s Celina Toth practice for the diving 10m platform at Tokyo Aquatics Centre (Mike Egerton/PA)What’s happened so far today? Canada-Mexico concludes the women’s softball action on Wednesday. Meanwhile 31-year-old Candy Jacobs, who was due to compete in the women’s street event on Monday, is also out after testing positive.

Source: Express July 21, 2021 07:30 UTC