Tokyo Olympics: A success? A failure? And how to judge?
FILE - In this July 13, 2021, file photo, a delivery man pushes a cart full of packages as he passes by a business with Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics posters displayed on the windows in Tokyo. How are we to judge the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics when they wrap up in two weeks? It's a straightforward question but it's difficult to answer. That's because there are many interests involved. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

FILE - In this July 13, 2021, file photo, a delivery man pushes a cart full of packages as he passes by a business with Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics posters displayed on the windows in Tokyo. How are we to judge the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics when they wrap up in two weeks? It's a straightforward question but it's difficult to answer. That's because there are many interests involved. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Jul. 26, 2021 07:28 AM EDT
FILE - In this July 24, 2021, file photo, spectators line the course of the men's cycling road race at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. How are we to judge the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics when they wrap up in two weeks? It's a straightforward question but it's difficult to answer. That's because there are many interests involved. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

FILE - In this July 24, 2021, file photo, spectators line the course of the men's cycling road race at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. How are we to judge the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics when they wrap up in two weeks? It's a straightforward question but it's difficult to answer. That's because there are many interests involved. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Jul. 26, 2021 07:24 AM EDT
FILE - In this July 24, 2021, file photo, spectators arrive at Miyagi Stadium for a women's soccer match between China and Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Rifu, Japan. How are we to judge the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics when they wrap up in two weeks? It's a straightforward question but it's difficult to answer. That's because there are many interests involved. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

FILE - In this July 24, 2021, file photo, spectators arrive at Miyagi Stadium for a women's soccer match between China and Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Rifu, Japan. How are we to judge the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics when they wrap up in two weeks? It's a straightforward question but it's difficult to answer. That's because there are many interests involved. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Jul. 26, 2021 07:26 AM EDT
FILE - In this July 24, 2021, file photo, a diner eats his lunch in a restaurant as a TV shows a table tennis match between Japan and Austria at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. How are we to judge the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics when they wrap up in two weeks? It's a straightforward question but it's difficult to answer. That's because there are many interests involved. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

FILE - In this July 24, 2021, file photo, a diner eats his lunch in a restaurant as a TV shows a table tennis match between Japan and Austria at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. How are we to judge the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics when they wrap up in two weeks? It's a straightforward question but it's difficult to answer. That's because there are many interests involved. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Jul. 26, 2021 07:27 AM EDT
FILE - In this July 14, 2021, file photo, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, left, meets Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga during his courtesy call at the latter's official residence in Tokyo. How are we to judge the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics when they wrap up in two weeks? It's a straightforward question but it's difficult to answer. That's because there are many interests involved. (Kimimasa Mayama/Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - In this July 14, 2021, file photo, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, left, meets Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga during his courtesy call at the latter's official residence in Tokyo. How are we to judge the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics when they wrap up in two weeks? It's a straightforward question but it's difficult to answer. That's because there are many interests involved. (Kimimasa Mayama/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Jul. 26, 2021 07:19 AM EDT