Pandemic-era Olympics ‘proved doubters wrong’

  • August 8, 2021
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Britain’s Olympic chief has told AFP the staging of the Tokyo Games in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic has proved the doubters wrong while a former IOC executive claims…

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Scaffoldings for the spectator seats are seen at Aomi Urban Sports Park, ahead of the opening of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games that have been postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan July 8, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato

Olympics bans spectators after Tokyo declares COVID-19 emergency

  • July 8, 2021
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TOKYO (Reuters) – The Tokyo Olympics will take place without spectators, organisers said on Thursday, as a resurgent pandemic forced Japan to declare a coronavirus state of emergency for the capital that will run throughout the event….

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(FILES) This file photo taken on June 24, 2021 shows a torch bearer (C) running past spectators with the Olympic torch during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Torch Relay in Yaizu, Shizuoka prefecture. – The Olympic torch relay has been scrapped on Tokyo’s public roads, officials announced on July 7, 2021, as virus concerns continue to plague the Games just over two weeks before they begin. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)

Tokyo scraps Olympic torch relay legs in capital

Tokyo, Japan (AFP) – The Olympic torch relay has been scrapped on Tokyo’s public roads, officials announced Wednesday, as virus concerns continue to plague the Games just over two weeks…

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A countdown clock for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is reflected in a puddle of water outside Tokyo Station in Tokyo, Monday, March 23, 2020. The IOC will take up to four weeks to consider postponing the Tokyo Olympics amid mounting criticism of its handling of the coronavirus crisis that now includes Canada saying it won’t send a team to the games this year and the leader of track and field, the biggest sport at the games, also calling for a delay. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

As virus spreads, next casualty could be Tokyo Olympics

  • March 23, 2020
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TOKYO (AP) — As infections soared in Europe and the United States and the world economy spiraled downward, Japan on Monday hinted at the next possible victim of the globe-spanning…

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Japan’s Abe pledges Olympics to go ahead despite virus havoc

  • March 14, 2020
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday resisted pressure for changes to the Tokyo Olympics schedule even as sporting events worldwide fall victim to the coronavirus pandemic. Abe pledged Japan…

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