Olympics-Coates says 'safe and successful' Tokyo Games will go ahead

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International Olympic committee (IOC) Vice President John Coates said on Saturday that the Tokyo Olympics will go ahead in July and August because ...

International Olympic committee Vice President John Coates said on Saturday that the Tokyo Olympics will go ahead in July and August because organisers have designed a"custom-made Olympic bubble" to protect athletes and the Japanese people.

Questions have been raised about the viability of the Games, already postponed by a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, with Tokyo in a state of emergency as Japan continues to struggle to contain the virus.Coates, the IOC point man for the Games as chair of the coordination commission, told the AGM of the Australian Olympic Committee that the nation's 484 athletes should prepare to travel north"for the experience of their lives.

 

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