Tokyo 2020 President Says Olympic Games Will Proceed Regardless of COVID-19
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. .
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. .
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. .
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. .
Some areas of Japan are in a state of emergency
due to a recent spike in infections. .
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.
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. .
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. .
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. .
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. .
Some areas of Japan are in a state of emergency
due to a recent spike in infections. .
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.
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