Tokyo’s postponed Olympics will go regardless of the coronavirus pandemic, IOC vp acknowledged.© AFP
Tokyo’s postponed Olympics will go ahead subsequent yr regardless of the coronavirus pandemic, IOC vice-president John Coates suggested AFP Monday, calling them the “Video video games that conquered Covid”.
The Olympics have under no circumstances been cancelled exterior of the world wars and Coates, speaking in a cellphone interview, was adamant that the Tokyo Video video games will start on their revised date.
“It may occur with or with out Covid. The Video video games will start on July 23 subsequent yr,” acknowledged Coates, who heads the Worldwide Olympic Committee’s Coordination Payment for the Tokyo Video video games.
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