With muted ceremony and empty stadium, Tokyo Olympics begin
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FILE – In this July 10, 2021, file photo, Yoyogi National Stadium, where handball will be held for Tokyo 2020 Olympics, is seen in Tokyo. Disputed, locked down and running a year late, the Tokyo Games begin at last on Friday night, a multinational showcase of the finest athletes of a world fragmented by disease — and an event steeped in the political and medical baggage of a relentless pandemic whose presence haunts every Olympic corner. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)