Tokyo 2020 Committee says not at stage of deciding Olympics postponement: Kyodo

A senior official of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics organizing committee said on Saturd...

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The committee member was responding to a request from Norway’s Olympic committee not to host the event until the coronavirus spread is under control, it said. Norway’s Olympic committee has become the latest nation to ask for the rescheduling of the Games, joining Colombia and Slovenia which made similar requests on Friday.

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