The Tokyo 2020 Olympics are officially over, but the Olympic performances and feats never stop. How, you wonder? Well, people who live ordinary lives do them every day. You might think that this is a little far-fetched, but this artist will prove to you that it’s exactly the case. Tokyo resident Adrian Hogan lived in the spirit of the Olympics just like all of Tokyo, and one day, he was struck by parallels that few would pick up on. He saw how ordinary people emulate the same athletic feats as the elite athletes. So he decided to pick up his tablet and find more of these interesting parallels. Though the mundane life is less glorified, his illustrations elevate the everyday actions of Tokyo’s residents to the level of professional performance of the Olympians. And once you see it, you’ll come to appreciate the athleticism of our day-to-day routines.
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Here’s how the artist got this brilliant idea: “I saw a shop clerk recently who threw open their store shutters and it reminded me of a weightlifter throwing their barbell into the air,” Hogan wrote on Instagram.
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Tokyo’s Olympics were a huge success for Japan. Japan’s athletes got 27 gold medals, twice as much as in the 2016 Rio Olympics, and nearly triple as much as in London’s 2012 Olympics. It seems that the home court advantage worked in their favor this time, and athletes were highly motivated to excel and make their country proud. All in all, they came in third in terms of gold medals, and fifth in terms of all medals. Congratulations Japan!
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As we all know, Tokyo’s Olympics were also unique in other regards. Due to the raging global COVID-19 pandemic, the stadiums were bereft of crowds, athletes’ health was even more rigorously tested than ever before, and the whole event was delayed for a year. Though it’s not the first time the Olympics were delayed, the first time they were was in 1916, more than a hundred years ago, due to the First World War. During the Second World War, they were cancelled twice in 1940 and 1944. It goes to show how serious the pandemic is, though it’s not as serious as war, in which the Olympics are cancelled altogether.
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But in spite of all of that, the current Olympics was quite a success, and didn’t have any serious incidents concerning COVID-19. Most assumed that the event would be a disaster, and yet it didn’t turn out to be as disastrous as most have expected. People feared that it could’ve been cancelled altogether, due to rising concerns about another wave of the pandemic. Some feared that the organizational strain would be too much to bear. But in the end, everything was just about right, and people focused more on the positive side of the Olympics, which is the athletic excellence and willpower of the world’s best sportspeople.
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Though Bored Panda isn’t a sports newspaper, our writers and content creators have paid close attention to the things that happened at the grand event. Here’s a collection of the most powerful photos of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. If you love some trivia, here’s an interesting list of athletes that were kicked out of the Olympics. And if you want to see something completely different, here’s how some artists imagined the participating countries of the Olympics in an anime style before the Olympics kicked off. And there’s plenty more, just look up “Olympics” at the search bar.
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