Officially, Japan, its Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and the organizers have no doubts: the Olympic Games will take place from July 23 to August 8 in Tokyo.
Unofficially, that's another story… According to information from The
Times
, the Japanese government would have "concluded in private" that the 2021 Olympics will have to be canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“Nobody wants to be the first to say it but the consensus is that it's too difficult.
Personally, I don't think this will happen, ”an anonymous source told the British daily.
And our colleagues add that Japan is looking for a "way to save face and announce a cancellation that would leave the door open to the fact that Tokyo is the host at a later date."
The American Olympic Committee recalls the obvious, namely that “all official communication on the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 will come from the IOC, the Tokyo Organizing Committee and the Japanese government.
We have not received any information to suggest that the Games will not go as planned, and we are still focused on the health and preparation of Team USA athletes ahead of this summer's Games. ”
Right in his boots, the boss of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach says this to
Kyodo News
: “At the moment, we have no reason to believe that the Tokyo Olympics will not open on July 23 at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium.
There is no plan B. ”
The Games of the XXXII Olympiad of the modern era were originally scheduled to take place last summer.
The pandemic had forced the organizers to postpone it in 2021.
(3/3) We have not received any information suggesting the Games will not happen as planned, and our focus remains on the health and preparedness of Team USA athletes ahead of the Games this summer. "
- USOPC News (@USOPC_News) January 22, 2021
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