A general view shows Odaiba Marine Park, the venue for Marathon Swimming and Triathlon events during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games that have been postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan June 22, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato
TOKYO (Reuters) - Olympic officials are confident their anti-pollution measures will prevent an expected tropical storm from triggering a surge of sewage into the waters of Tokyo Bay - just in time for next week's triathlon events.
There have long been concerns over the cleanliness of the area's water, which will also host the marathon swimming events, and a para-triathlon was cancelled two years ago because of dangerous levels of E.coli detected.
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