Tokyo 2020 President Says Olympic Games Will Proceed Regardless of COVID-19.
On Tuesday, Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori announced that the Olympic Games would go ahead as planned this year.
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The Olympics were postponed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled for July 23, 2021.
Mori said that “regardless of how the COVID-19 situation (looks)” the Olympics would take place.
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He also added that the “discussion” surrounding the Olympics was no longer about whether or not they’d be held, but about how they would be.
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We go beyond the discussion of whether we hold (the Games) or not hold.
We are to come up with 'new' Olympics, Yoshiro Mori, via CNN .
Mori’s statement comes amid speculation that the rescheduled games will not be able to be held this summer.
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Some areas of Japan are in a state of emergency due to a recent spike in infections.
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According to ‘USA Today,’ recent polls suggest that 80 percent of the Japanese public believe the games should or will be either canceled or postponed again.
