Tokyo Olympics on… for now
Olympic rings near the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. The IOC and the Tokyo organisers won’t axe the summer games as the project has been planned for the past 6½ years, says a senior committee member. – AFP pic, February 28, 2020.
OLYMPIC chiefs will not consider cancelling or postponing this summer’s Tokyo Games over the coronavirus unless the World Health Organisation or other regulatory body advises to do so, a senior IOC official said Thursday. Senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound told AFP there had been no discussion about a possible cancellation of the games over the Covid-19 outbreak.
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