AP PHOTOS: Postponed Tokyo Olympics to open in just 6 months

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PHOTO GALLERY: Postponed Tokyo Olympics are due to open in just six months amid talk of cancellation.

A leftover toy bulldoze is seen near the Tokyo Aquatics Center, one of the venues of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic games, in Tokyo Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. The postponed Tokyo Olympics are to open in just six months. Local organizers and the International Olympic Committee say they will go ahead on July 23. But it’s still unclear how this will happen with virus cases surging in Tokyo and elsewhere around the globe.

Venues around Tokyo are mostly shuttered and quiet, and may remain that way for a few months until local organizers give more explicit details about exactly how they will pull off the games during a pandemic. More details are expected early in the spring when the torch relay begins from northern Japan. That event is set for March 25 and involves 10,000 runners headed to Tokyo over four months. It’s hard to imagine the torch relay starting if the Olympics were not to follow.

Recent polls show about 80% of the Japanese public think the Olympics should be canceled, or postponed again. The International Olympic Committee has said they will not be postponed again and will be canceled if they cannot be held.

 

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The better get their act together concerning Covid-19.

It is impossible to hold the Olympics in half a year. The government cannot solve the problem of Covid-19.

That is a toy truck

Cancel it and just have it in Japan in 2024.

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Cancel it. BUT too much $ has been spent to upgrade facilities etc, so keep it in Japan in 2024. Just 'move' subsequent cities back an Olympics. Would also give next cities more time to recover $ from C-19 to upgrade their facilities, as well.

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There is no possible way the Olympics can happen this year. This virus is far from being under control

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Good...Finally we can go without seeing another 50 gold medals for USA 🤣

How are they ever going to get it together in time if they are using those mini trucks?

I’ll do it again

Nobody will be going so pointless

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