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Tokyo Olympics to continue despite covid-19 pandemic

2021-02-02T19:58:46.798Z


The Olympic Games were delayed in 2020 due to the global situation of covid-19. The president of the Olympics said that this year they will.


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The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, which were delayed by the pandemic, will take place this year "no matter what the covid-19 situation is like," said the president of the Organizing Committee of the Games, Yoshiro on Tuesday. I died.

“We will make sure that the Games are held no matter what the covid-19 situation is like.

We go beyond the discussion of whether or not [the Games] will take place.

We are going to create 'new' Olympics.

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games President Yoshiro Mori in Tokyo on February 2, 2020 (Credit: AFP via Getty Images)

A bit of context: After the covid-19 pandemic forced organizers to delay last year's Summer Olympics, the grand event is scheduled to begin on July 23, but important questions remain about how Japan plans to achieve. what could be the most complex sporting event ever held.

Last month, amid rising coronavirus cases and a global scramble for vaccines, organizers denied reports that the Tokyo Games would be canceled entirely.

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Source: cnnespanol

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