Australia's first Olympic charter flight heads for Tokyo for 'Games like no other'

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They know it will be anything but normal in Tokyo at an event being held a year later than initially intended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Shortly after their departure came the news that a person has tested positive for COVID-19 at the Tokyo Olympics athletes' village.

ABC News: Mark Rigby

I don't think they really believed it until they actually hopped on a plane to head to Tokyo, so it's just so exciting