The Games of the XXXII Olympiad were historic even before tennis star Naomi Osaka lit the flame in the cauldron with her relay torch to commence them. The concept of bringing athletes from every corner of the earth together for competing in the middle of a global pandemic seemed absurd. Yet they did, and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games were an incredible success by most accounts, including mine.
In advance of the Games, playbooks were created to guide athletes, support staff, and media - both writers and photographers - through all the protocols that were being set up to minimize the spread of COVID-19. International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach pledged 85 percent of athletes would be vaccinated and isolated from the general public for
