An unusual threat is facing Tokyo Olympic officials and the waterway where canoeing and rowing events are set to take place: oysters.
The Olympics are bracing for the possibility of an overflow of shellfish at the Sea Forest Waterway.
The possibility first came to light at a trial event in 2019 where equipment began to sink. Crews soon found that about 31,000 pounds of oysters were weighing down the equipment.
Organizers have spent an estimated $1.3 million in repairs.