⁍ Gymnasts from Japan, the United States, China and Russia will meet in Tokyo.

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⁍ It is the first international event to be held at an Olympics venue since the Games were postponed in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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⁍ Gymnasts will be quarantined for two weeks in their own country before leaving for Japan and will undergo regular COVID-19 testing in the build-up to the meet.

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– The president of the International Gymnastics Federation says he feels the “greatest pressure ever” ahead of an event that could “open the door” to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Reuters reports. The Nov. 8 meet, which will feature gymnasts from Japan, the US, China, and Russia, will be the first international event to be held at an Olympics venue since the March postponement of the Games due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “I feel pressure and responsibility at every event … naturally, I feel the greatest pressure ever at this event in my life,” Morinari Watanabe tells Reuters. “We want to open the door to Tokyo 2020.” Foreign athletes who arrive in Tokyo four days before the event will not have to go through the usual two-week quarantine period demanded of international visitors to Japan. However, they will be quarantined for two weeks in their own country before leaving for Japan and will undergo regular COVID-19 testing in the build-up to the meet. “We have developed COVID-19 guidelines following strictly all recommendations made by WHO,” Watanabe says. “They will be under very strict control for two weeks.” The event—which will be attended by 2,000 fans—could provide a blueprint for next year’s Games with Tokyo set to welcome over 11,000 athletes alone. Watanabe wants the meet to show the power of sport in difficult times. “There is hope in sports. There is friendship in sports. There is solidarity,” he says. “I want to people all over the world to know it.”