お台場の五輪、しばしお別れ　大会延期でメンテナンス―東京都

　東京都は６日、東京五輪の機運醸成のため都立お台場海浜公園（港区）に設置していた巨大な五輪のシンボルマークを一時的に撤去した。大会延期に伴い、約４カ月間メンテナンスを行う。
　都によると、大会が今夏に開催されていれば、閉会後の８月に撤去する予定だった。設置期間が延び、潮風によるさびなどが懸念されるため、横浜市の造船所へ船で運搬し、部品の安全性を確認する。１２月、同じ場所に再設置する予定。
　シンボルの大きさは横３２．６メートル、縦１５．３メートル、幅１．７メートルで、鋼製。夜間は白くライトアップされた。（2020/08/06-10:54）

The Tokyo metropolitan government on Thursday removed for maintenance the giant Olympic rings that had been installed at Odaiba Seaside Park in Tokyo's Minato Ward for building momentum for the Tokyo Olympics.
   The monument, illuminated with white light at night before being removed, will receive maintenance for about four months as the Tokyo Games have been postponed by one year to summer 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
   According to the metropolitan government, if the games had been held this summer as originally planned, the giant rings were to have been removed in August, after the sports event was over.
   The Olympic rings will be carried by ship to a shipyard in the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, west of Tokyo, to check the safety of their parts.
   The steel-made monument, which is 32.6 meters wide, 15.3 meters tall and 1.7 meters thick, will be reinstalled at the same location in December.