Tokyo 2020: We will hold Olympics regardless of COVID-19 — Official
NEWS DIGEST – Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori, on Tuesday, said Japan would hold the Summer Olympics regardless of the situation with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Yoshiro Mori added that the discussion should focus on how, not whether, the Olympics will happen.
Mori further stated that he is working closely with the International Olympic Committee to make the competition happen.
“We will hold the Olympics, regardless of how the coronavirus (situation) looks,” Mori said,
“We must consider new ways of hosting the Olympics” as a part of that, he said.
Mori added that while working together had its difficulties, Tokyo 2020 organisers and the IOC had a strong relationship.
Mori was speaking at the start of a meeting with Japan’s Sports Research Commission.
The 2020 Games were postponed last year due to the global spread of the novel coronavirus.
A recent spike in infections in Japan that triggered a state of emergency in some areas has fuelled speculation about whether the rescheduled Games can be held this summer.
