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Faster, higher, stronger – it’s the famous motto of the Olympic Games and it encapsulates the pursuit of perfection all elite athletes strive for when they take part in the greatest sporting spectacle on earth. But in order to perform at their peak they need a good night’s rest, wholesome meals and some space for a bit of R&R too.
Which is where the athletes’ village comes in – and the sprawling home-from-home for the crop of sportspeople taking part in Tokyo 2020 is the embodiment of Japanese slickness.
Games organisers recently unveiled the village where Olympians and officials will spend a month working out, eating, relaxing and sleeping during an Olympics that, thanks to the pandemic, will be like no other.
