Olympic rings in Tokyo Bay removed for 'maintenance'

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Olympic rings in Tokyo Bay removed for 'maintenance'
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Fear not... the rings will be back next year, said Tokyo2020 officials as a barge in TokyoBay was towing away the Olympics rings for “maintenance' on Thursday. | IOLsport Pic: Hiro Komae/AP Photo

“It's not a permanent removal,” Masa Takaya, a spokesman for the Tokyo organizers, said this week. “It's a temporary removal just for maintenance."

An amphibious bus wades into water for a test cruise as workers on tugboats prepare to move the Olympic rings installed for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Photo: AP Photo/Hiro Komae

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