ATHENS: The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games flame handover in Athens next week will be done in an empty stadium amid the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, Greece's Olympic Committee said on Sunday (March 15).
Greece on Friday cancelled the remainder of the domestic Olympic torch relay through the country to avoid attracting crowds a day after the Tokyo Games flame was lit in ancient Olympia.
The central Athens stadium, site of the 1896 Games, usually attracts thousands of spectators to the handover ceremony to the next host city of winter and summer Games every two years."Following the orders of the Greek State in order to contain the coronavirus pandemic and for the protection of public health no accreditation cards issued will be valid," the country's Olympic Committee said.
Abe and his government as well as the International Olympic Committee have been adamant the July 24-Aug 9 Games will go ahead, even as other global sporting events have been put on hold.
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