Covid-19: Tokyo Olympics will go ahead, 'no plan B', says IOC chief

Tokyo - "No reason whatsoever to believe that the Olympic Games in Tokyo will not open on the 23rd of July,” IOC chief.

By AFP

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Published: Thu 21 Jan 2021, 3:52 PM

The virus-delayed Tokyo Olympics will go ahead this summer, and there is “no plan B,” International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach said in an interview Thursday.

“We have at this moment, no reason whatsoever to believe that the Olympic Games in Tokyo will not open on the 23rd of July,” Bach told Kyodo News.


“This is why there is no plan B and this is why we are fully committed to make these games safe and successful.”

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