told AFP on Monday. His comments come after the games, originally scheduled for to begin last July, were pushed back one year due to the coronavirus pandemic.The “theme,” Coates said, was initially going to be “the Reconstruction Games after the devastation of the tsunami,” referring to the devastating tsunami and earthquake that hit Tohoku in 2011.
Nearly 16,000 people were killed in the disaster.“Now very much these will be the games that conquered COVID, the light at the end of the tunnel,” Coates said.Also Read: Tokyo Olympics CEO Cannot Guarantee Games Will Be Staged in 2021Both Japanese and Olympic officials have said the Tokyo Games will not be postponed past next summer.
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