IOC President Thomas Bach and local organizers are pushing back against reports that the postponed Tokyo Olympics will be canceled.
Now set to open July 23, the Tokyo Games were postponed 10 months ago at the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, and now the event appears threatened again.
The Times of London, citing unidentified government sources, reported that the games will have to be canceled. It quoted an unidentified senior member of the ruling government coalition. "No one wants to be the first to say so but the consensus is that it’s too difficult," the source said. "Personally, I don’t think it’s going to happen." In a statement Friday, the local organizing committee did not address directly The Times story, but said the Olympics.
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