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Temperatures hit 30 degrees Celsius in Sapporo, where the Olympic race walk and marathon will take place. The events were moved to the northern Japanese city in an effort to avoid Tokyo's summer heat.
Ueda Shigeki from Tokyo says the weather is "so crazy," and local university student Erika Otaki doubts "there is much point" holding the events in Sapporo. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES