"Everyone knows what the Games mean to me and how proud I will be to participate in my country. It is time to work together to save as many lives as possible. For me, this is also the Olympic spirit." The Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka, with a post on her twitter profile, comments on the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics.
Osaka, winner of the 2018 Us Open and the Australian Open 2019, welcomed the decision of the IOC and the Japanese government. "I am disappointed not to be able to play them this year, but we will all be stronger than ever in 2021 - his words -. I fully support the courageous decision of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the IOC. Sport will bring us together again in the end, but today is not the priority. It is time to work together to save as many lives as possible. For me, this is also the Olympic spirit ".
Tokyo: Naomi Osaka, saving lives is also an Olympic spirit
2020-03-28T16:57:30.588Z
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