TODAY
TODAY MARKS ONE HUNDRED DAYS FROM THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE DELAYED TWENTY TWENTY
TOKYO OLYMPICS.
YOU REMEMBER THE GAMES WERE
POSTPONED LAST SUMMER BECAUSE
OF THE PANDEMIC BUT THEY ARE
SCHEDULED TO START JULY ON
THE TWENTY THIRD WITH A LOT
OF RESTRICTIONS.
MATT RENOUX IS IN THE MOUNTAIN
NEWSROOM THIS MORNING THAT SOME
ATHLETES ARE STILL LOOKING TO
QUALIFY AND SO MANY HAVE BEEN
WAITING FOR MORE THAN A YEAR TO
COMPETE.
YOU'RE RIGHT, NATASHA.
NORMALLY AN ATHLETE MIGHT HAVE
TO WAIT A FEW MONTHS, MAYBE A
FEW WEEKS BUT WE ALL KNOW
NOTHING HAS BEEN NORMAL.
JUST TAKE USA SHOOTING
THE ATHLETES THAT COMPETE IN
SHOTGUN, RIFLE AND PISTOL
OF THE TWENTY ONE ATHLETES ON
THAT TEAM THAT ARE GOING TO
HEAD TO THE OLYMPICS SEVEN TEAM
QUALIFIED MORE THAN A YEAR AGO
BUT TODAY ARE CLOSER THAN EVER
TO THE OLYMPICS IN TOKYO WITH
TEAM USA SHOOTING ATHLETES LIKE
JENNY THRASHER BUILDS A LOT
OF ADAPTABILITY TRAINING IN AN
ABANDONED MACY'S.
IT IS IN ALL AT THE CITADEL
MALL IN COLORADO SPRINGS.
I THINK WE'RE TECHNICALLY
WOMEN'S SENTIMENTS HERE WITH
THE AIR RIFLE RANGE.
IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THE UPCOMING
SUMMER OLYMPICS ARE GOING TO
LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
THAT'S GOING TO BE AN
INTERESTING EVENT BECAUSE ONE
HUNDRED DAYS FROM THE OPENING
CEREMONY OF THE POSTPONED 2020
SUMMER OLYMPICS AND THERE'S
PROBABLY MM IS THE CLOSEST
THESE ATHLETES HAVE GOTTEN TO
THE OLYMPICS IN TOKYO SO FAR
UNLIKE ANY OTHER NORMAL
SITUATION WHERE MAYBE A COUPLE
OF MONTHS AND YOU GO OFF TO
THE OLYMPICS THIS TIME WE HAD A
YEAR LAST YEAR THE GAMES WERE
POSTPONED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC
AND NOW 12 MONTHS LATER TEAM
USA ATHLETES ARE DOING THEIR
OLYMPICS SUMMIT VIRTUALLY WHILE
TOKYO PREPARES FOR A PANDEMIC
OLYMPICS RESTRICTING FOREIGN
FANS AND KEEPING ATHLETES UNDER
STRICT HEALTH GUIDELINES WHEN
THEY ARRIVE THERE WON'T BE ANY
USA HOUSE SOMETHING USA
SHOOTERS HAD TIME TO PREPARE
FOR WITH NEARLY THE ENTIRE TEAM
QUALIFYING FOR THE GAMES MORE
THAN A YEAR AGO, THERE ARE
TWENTY ONE ATHLETES THOSE THAT
WILL COMPETE DIFFERENT EVENTS
SHOTGUN, RIFLE AND PISTOL AT
THE OLYMPICS IN TOKYO AND WE
PICKED ALL THE FOUR OF THOSE
ATHLETES LIKE JENNY IS GOING TO
BE I THINK INSPIRATIONAL FOR A
LOT OF PEOPLE WHO'VE SPENT
MONTHS TRAINING IN HIS OLD
DEPARTMENT STORE SETTING THEIR
SIGHTS ON A LIFELONG DREAM TO
TAKE THEIR SHOT AT THE SUMMER
OLYMPICS.
NOW JUST 100 DAYS AWAY.
I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO DO MY BEST
AND REPRESENT MY COUNTRY WELL.
WE'RE ALL EXCITED TO SEE HOW
THEY DO TWO OF THE FOUR
ATHLETES WITH TEAM USA SHOOTING
WHO STILL NEED TO QUALIFY AND
PUNCH THEIR TICKET.
THEY'LL GET THEIR CHANCE TO DO
THAT.
COMING UP IN MAY, ASK FOR ONE
OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN SPORTS,
SAMOAN BYLES.
SHE'S ALSO GETTING READY FOR
THE OLYMPICS IN TOKYO.
SHE HAD SAID SHE WANTED TO
RETIRE AFTER TOKYO BUT BECAUSE
IT HAS BEEN DELAYED AND NOW
IT'S JUST THREE YEARS TO
THE OLYMPICS IN PARIS, SHE SAYS
SHE MIGHT WANT TO HANG AROUND
FOR THAT TOO AFTERWARDS.
I'M NOT SO SURE BECAUSE CECILE
AND LAUREN FROM PARIS AND SO
THEY'VE MEANS AT LEAST BEING A
SPECIALIST AND COMING BACK.
BUT THE MAIN GOAL IS TWENTY
TWENTY ONE OLYMPICS FIRST TOUR
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WE
WILL HAVE TO SEE ABOUT THAT.
FIRST UP AS SOMEONE SAID
THE OLYMPICS COMING UP IN
TOKYO, NATASHA AND COREY
OPENING CEREMONIES COMING UP
JULY TWENTY THIRD ONE HUNDRED
DAYS FROM TODAY CAN'T WAIT.
I'M SO EXCITED.
SO I KNOW YOU'VE COVERED MANY
OLYMPIC SUMMER AND WINTER
OLYMPICS AND IT LOOKS SO
DIFFERENT THIS YEAR FOR
ATHLETES FOR THE HOST COUNTRY,
THE SPECTATORS I MEAN EVEN FOR
MEDIA TALK ABOUT HOW IT'S A
LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT EVEN FOR
YOU.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT'S BEEN THE SEVEN OLYMPICS.
THIS WILL BE COMING UP IN
TOKYO.
WHAT MAKES THIS ONE SO
DIFFERENT IS JUST THE FAN
RESTRICTIONS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE ANY
FOREIGN FANS SO WE'LL BE ABLE
TO FIND LOCAL STORIES FROM FANS
AND ANOTHER BIG DIFFERENCE WILL
BE SORT OF THE VACCINE PROCESS
A LOT OF US ARE GETTING
VACCINES IN JAPAN ONE PERCENT
OF THE POPULATION THAT'S IT HAS
BEEN GIVEN THE VACCINES.
SO HOW DOES THAT PLAY OUT WITH
THE COVERAGE?
THE MEDIA IS GOING TO BE KEPT
IN TIGHT LITTLE SOCIAL