Opinion: Tokyo 2020 must be cancelled now – and not just for athletes' sake

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Opinion: Tokyo 2020 must be cancelled now – and not just for athletes' sake
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From caterers to broadcast engineers, this is an immense, indispensable and largely invisible operation – one the organisers are entirely discounting in their delay

Of course, I hate to think how difficult a time this is for every sportsperson hoping to represent their country in the greatest show on earth. This summer should have been the pinnacle of many people’s careers, and now it almost certainly won’t. But by keeping the focus on the athletes, the IOC is giving a false impression that there is time to delay a decision – when there isn’t.

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