Tokyo Olympics may be scrapped if Covid-19 not brought under control by summer of 2021
A banner for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics is seen behind a traffic sign in Tokyo, Japan. March 23, 2020.
The pandemic has already forced a year-long delay of the Games, which are now scheduled to open on July 23, 2021.daily whether the Games could be delayed until 2022 if the pandemic remains a threat next year, replying: "No."Mori noted the Games had been cancelled previously only during wartime and compared the battle against coronavirus to "fighting an invisible enemy".
But the comments will add to growing questions about the postponement, decided last month after heavy pressure on the organisers and the International Olympic Committee from athletes and sports federations. "To be honest with you I don't think the Olympics is likely to be held next year," said Kentaro Iwata, a professor of infectious diseases at Kobe University.
Japanese officials and the IOC have said the Games will be a chance to celebrate victory over the virus, with some suggestions that the pandemic fight could even be incorporated into the opening ceremony. Under the plan, the Paralympics would join the Olympic opening ceremony on July 23, and the Olympic closing ceremony would be integrated into the Paralympics closing event in September.
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