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Tokyo 2020 Games may be held behind closed doors

Tokyo 2020 Games may be held behind closed doors

By Dhanjay Deo
24/01/2021
[Image: US Times]

The rescheduled Tokyo Olympics may be held behind closed doors if they are to go ahead in Japan this year.

Athletics chief Lord Coe says they remain confident the Olympics and Paralympics would take place despite a report suggesting they would be cancelled.

Last March, organisers decided to postpone the 2020 Games for a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, doubts over whether they would happen at all increased in recent weeks following a rise in cases in some countries, including Japan where a state of emergency was declared in Tokyo.

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has expressed his determination to hold the Olympics and Paralympics and that all stakeholders remained focused on delivering the event.

The IOC said the suggestion of cancellation was categorically untrue.

The Olympics is due to start on 24th July, followed by the Paralympics on 25th August.

[Source: BBC]

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