Olympics-Games will be very strange, but Tokyo ready play host safely - Brownlee


FILE PHOTO: Britain Olympics - Team GB Homecoming Parade - Manchester - 17/10/16 Alistair Brownlee and Jonny Brownlee of Britain on stage Action Images via Reuters / Craig Brough Livepic

(Reuters) - British triathlete Jonny Brownlee has had a preview of how Japan will play host at the Tokyo Olympics and he has faith the Games can go ahead safely while admitting it will be a very different experience.

With just over nine weeks until the Games, anxiety remains prevalent over what competitors can expect in Tokyo, with much of Japan remaining under emergency curbs amid a fourth wave of coronavirus infections.

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