TOKYO, July 22 — Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori told Kyodo News in an interview that he disliked the idea of holding the Games in empty venues without fans. The Tokyo Olympics were due to start this Friday but because of the Covid-19 pandemic the International Olympic Committee and the...
Yoshiro Mori, President of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Organising Committee, adjusts his protective face mask as he attends a news conference in Tokyo July 17, 2020. — Reuters pic
TOKYO, July 22 — Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori told Kyodo News in an interview that he disliked the idea of holding the Games in empty venues without fans. The Tokyo Olympics were due to start this Friday but because of the Covid-19 pandemic the International Olympic Committee and the Japanese government took the unprecedented decision to postpone the Games until 2021.
Since then, organisers have been looking at various options that would allow the Games to go ahead next summer.Mori, a former Japanese prime minister, said he was eager to avoid this scenario. “We shouldn’t make spectators go through hard times. Sporting events are all about the whole country empathising,” Mori said in an interview with Kyodo News on Tuesday.Tokyo 2020 organisers will hold meetings with the Japanese government and local Tokyo Metropolitan Government in September to work through various scenarios. — Reuters
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