Olympics-Japanese boxer nurse revives Olympic dreams after opening show

Arisa Tsubata, a nurse and a boxer, poses in front of the Olympic Rings outside the National Stadium, the main venue of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, during an interview with Reuters in Tokyo, Japan, July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

TOKYO (Reuters) - Once thwarted by the pandemic, Japanese nurse Arisa Tsubata is reviving her dreams to compete in boxing at the Olympics.

Tsubata emerged from a gritty gym on the outskirts of Tokyo onto the global stage on Friday, when she performed a solitary run on a treadmill at the opening ceremony, representing how athletes had to prepare for the pandemic-hit Games in isolation.