Officials insist the Tokyo Olympics will go ahead in July. Here's the current state of play

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Officials rebuked claims that the 2021 Tokyo Olympics were set to be cancelled this week, but with spiralling costs and diminishing public support on top of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, there are questions about what the games will look like?

The reports of cancellation were swiftly rebuked by a variety of people on Friday, including Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in Parliament, where he said Japan was determined to realise the Tokyo Olympics.

"They'll be in the village; they'll go to the training facilities and they'll go to their competition venues — and that's it. Coates told The Ticket the IOC will issue a "playbook" on February 5 with all the information on how the games will take place in a COVID-safe way. "Rather than flashy, extravagant ceremonies we now have a chance to change [them]," Sasaki told The Ticket in December.

Around 10,000 runners are still expected to take part in the Olympic torch relay, despite COVID restrictions.The AOC said it would not make vaccination of athletes compulsory, and neither is the IOC.

 

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Yeah, but will the athletes sign up

It’ll go ahead. On your mark my words.

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Narrator: 'There were no Olympics.'

They should put them in a bubble like they did the NBA finals. 🤷🏾‍♀️

and to be covid safe the marathon is set up to be run from each runners’ hotel room, and will be broadcast via zoom

I knew they would Nip it in the bud

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