In a different world without the coronavirus, Sunday would have seen the eyes of the globe trained on Tokyo's Olympic Stadium for the closing ceremony of the 2020 Games. IOLsport
Tokyo - In a different world without the coronavirus, Sunday would have seen the eyes of the globe trained on Tokyo's Olympic Stadium for the closing ceremony of the 2020 Games.
Organizers are taking on the mammoth task of rearranging the Games with a one-year delay to 2021 but questions remain over whether the global health situation makes this feasible. Ikee was the star of the 2018 Asian Games when she won six gold medals in Jakarta. Japan's golden girl could have been the face of her home Games but was diagnosed with leukaemia - her Olympic hopes have been delayed to Paris 2024.
Japan is having a relatively mild pandemic with 'only' around 45,000 infections and about 1,000 deaths from Covid-19. But these numbers are going up, rather than down, with Tokyo particularly affected. But it is not just the situation in Japan, rather around the world, which will determine the fate of the Games.
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