Sneaking a peek: Fans find creative ways to glimpse Tokyo Olympics in spite of ban due to COVID-19

Two girls hold signs while waiting to get a glimpse of Yuto Horigome, the first Olympic gold medalist in skateboarding, outside the Ariake Urban Sports Park during the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo.

People watch from behind a security fence during the final day of the surfing competition at Tsurigasaki beach in Ichinomiya, Japan. The Olympic beach party that never was may be the only sore spot for surfing’s long-awaited debut that finished triumphantly this week. Some local Japanese fans and beachgoers did manage to find a way to lay eyes on the athletes and the competition site once the games began.

Masked fans watch from a hillside during the men's cross country mountain bike competition in Izu, Japan.

Fans watch as Teniel Campbell of Trinidad And Tobago (66), right, Amanda Spratt of Australia (18), and Jiajun Sun of China (61), compete during the women's cycling road race in Oyama, Japan.

Limited numbers of fans watch in the Fuji International Speedway during the men's cycling road race in Oyama, Japan.

A small number of fans gather to watch the men's road race in Oyama, Japan.

A fan poses for a picture as he arrives at Miyagi Stadium for a women's soccer match in Miyagi, Japan.

Visitors use umbrellas and fans to beat the heat outside the Fuji International Speedway while watching the finish of the women's cycling road race in Oyama, Japan.