Tokyo opens empty Games venues up for public use


FILE PHOTO: Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre, a venue for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo, Japan March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido/File Photo

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Olympics venues that would have been packed with the world's top athletes and supporters but for the coronavirus pandemic are now being opened up for use by sporting federations and the public.

The newly built Canoe Slalom Centre opened on Monday for athletes to practice, while the recently renovated Tatsumi Swimming Centre, which is set to host water polo, will be available for use from mid-August.

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