Olympics chief admits 'sleepless nights' over troubled Tokyo Games

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TOKYO: Olympics chief Thomas Bach revealed 'doubts' and 'sleepless nights' over the postponed Tokyo Games on Tuesday (Jul 20) as the opening ...

A woman walks in front of a Tokyo 2020 display at Tokyo Metropolitan government building at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Jul 20, 2021, in Tokyo. TOKYO: Olympics chief Thomas Bach revealed"doubts" and"sleepless nights" over the postponed Tokyo Games on Tuesday as the opening ceremony nears after a year's delay and COVID-19 chaos that has made them deeply unpopular with the Japanese public.

"This also weighed on us, it weighed on me. But in order to arrive at this day today we had to give confidence, had to show a way out of this crisis," he added.Bach has drawn scattered protests during his visit to Japan, where the latest poll in the Asahi Shimbun newspaper showed 55 per cent of respondents opposed holding the Games this summer.

A teenage US gymnast staying outside the Village was also among the 71 Games-related cases reported so far.

 

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