Cities hosting the Summer Olympics are usually abuzz with anticipation in the buildup to what is the world's largest sporting extravaganza, with excitement reaching a crescendo as the curtain gets set to rise.But on a hot and sunny Friday morning in Tokyo, hours before that evening's opening ceremony, enthusiasm was less evident than lament and regret that the athletic feats will happen largely behind closed doors with no spectators permitted as Tokyo battles a renewed surge of coronavirus infections.While some 11,000 athletes from around the world have converged on Japan's capital, the gam…READ FULL ARTICLE
