This is indicative of the vapid PR speak we became accustomed to over the year leading up to the postponed Games. It encompasses all the tangible and intangible long-term benefits initiated or accelerated by the hosting of the Olympic Games/sports events for people, cities/territories and the Olympic Movement.” Sebastian Coe, President of World Athletics and IOC Tokyo 2020 Coordination Committee member, once said that legacy is nine-tenths of what hosting the Olympics is all about.Īccording to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), “Olympic legacy is the result of a vision. This is what you may call the “Olympic legacy.” But the Olympig fiasco and a host of other gaffes presaged that perhaps a sporting event was ill-equipped to ameliorate systemic issues in Japanese society. It is also somewhat relevant, as Tokyo 2020, long before Covid was a twinkle in Wuhan’s eye, was set on portraying Japan as one of the world’s greatest post-industrial superpowers ready to impress upon its international peers a high standard of living, a new global and inclusive outlook fronted by the “Cool Japan” brand, and a reprisal of the economic boom years which followed its first Olympic Games in 1964.
There were, of course, the hundreds of victorious athletes, Team Japan’s record-breaking feats, the few spectators who managed to attend events outside of Tokyo, the Belarusian sprinter, Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who had to seek exile in Poland after being kidnapped by her coaching staff, or the judoka who escaped the Olympic bubble to meet a mate while concealed in Team Georgia tracksuits. This might not be the most enduring aspect of Tokyo 2020 for everyone. The fact that it was voiced without sarcasm and came off the back of Tokyo Olympic Committee Chief Yoshiro Mori’s high-profile dismissal - after he let it slip at a press conference that he thought women babbled too much in meetings (ought they not to be refilling the tea?) - is a PR debacle you couldn’t have written. Just to recap, the creative director of the Olympics opening ceremony, Hiroshi Sasaki, suggested comedian Naomi Watanabe, known for pioneering the pochikawaii (“chubby and cute”) movement, abseil from the heavens dressed as a pig: hence, Olympig.Įven a child having this thought would know it’s one they should probably keep quiet about. A piece of drawing-board conception so tone deaf, not to mention mean, it’s not something one forgets in a hurry.
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There are three species of bluefin: Atlantic (the largest and most endangered), Pacific, and Southern, and most catches of the Atlantic bluefin tuna are taken from the Mediterranean Sea - which is the most important bluefin tuna fishery in the world.When I look back at Tokyo 2020 - hard to believe it was a full calendar year ago - I’m consistently drawn to the Olympig. With retractable fins and eyes set close to their body, they are built like torpedoes and are a species made for speed. They migrate across all oceans and can dive deeper than 3,000 feet. According to the WWF, bluefin are the largest tunas and can live up to 40 years. "Obviously I shot in slow motion, but in real-time speed they are pretty much like torpedoes." The highest price for a single bluefin tuna cost sushi magnate Kiyoshi Kimura 333.6 million yen - £2,022,784 - in 2019. He said: "We were out on the boat for hours trying to actually find them. Guernsey-based cinematographer, Matthew Stockreiter, explains he captured the footage on a trip to see tuna bait balling. In their first film, the group are delving into the seas of the Channel Islands to discuss conservation and marine life, whilst exploring our seagrass meadows, dolphin pods and tuna populations.
The shot is just one of a compilation put together as part of a wildlife documentary by Guernsey-based Wild Islands, called 'Wild Islands: The Blue.' Based in the Channel Islands, the documentary has been created by Anthony Ford-Marsland, Matthew Stockreiter and Pierre Ehmann.
The beautiful video, taken by Matthew Stockreiter in collaboration with environmental organisation Wild Islands, includes slow-motion clips of the fish gliding through the water near Guernsey. Incredibly "special" footage of world's most expensive fish in the Channel Islands shows a return bluefin tuna to UK waters - after disappearing for over half a century.
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