Set the alarm: The 10 moments you can't miss at the Tokyo Olympics

For those with actual lives to go about in the next two weeks, it’s about catching what you can when you can.

Fintan McCarthy, left, and Paul O'Donovan: Possibly the strongest favourites Ireland has ever had at the Games. Picture: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Konnichiwa from Tokyo, where it’s every bit as hot and humid as they said, and where there’s a distinctly strange feeling in the air ahead of the Olympic opening ceremony on Friday. There’s anticipation, yes, but it’s more the nervous kind, with no one quite knowing how this will all go, or how it will all feel.

All 33 sports that will play out over the coming 17 days have got well used to playing in front of empty stands over the past 16 months, but it’ll still feel odd to have the same on this stage, one so synonymous with uniting the world.