Bach: 鈥楴o plan B鈥 for Tokyo Olympics
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The virus-delayed Tokyo Olympics will go ahead this summer, and there is 鈥渘o plan B,鈥 International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach said in an interview yesterday.
鈥淲e have at this moment, no reason whatsoever to believe that the Olympic Games in Tokyo will not open on the 23rd of July,鈥 Bach told Kyodo News.
鈥淭his is why there is no plan B and this is why we are fully committed to make these Games safe and successful.鈥
With just over six months to go until the postponed Games, doubts have grown about whether the massive international event will be viable with the pandemic still raging across much of the world.
Tokyo organizers have produced a raft of safety measures they say will allow the Games to go ahead, even if the COVID-19 pandemic is not under control, and without requiring vaccinations.
But public support in Japan is low, with around 80 percent of respondents in recent polling favoring either a further delay or outright cancellation.
Tokyo 2020鈥檚 CEO Toshiro Muto said earlier this week that organizers were 鈥渦nwavering鈥 in their commitment to holding the Games this summer and that cancellation had not been discussed.
But he conceded he could not guarantee the stands would be full, or rule out the possibility of a Games held without spectators.
A decision on whether foreign fans will be able to attend, and how many spectators will be possible, is expected this spring.
Bach told Kyodo 鈥渢he priority is safety鈥 and that the IOC may need to be 鈥渇lexible鈥 and make 鈥渟acrifices.鈥
He also said that the Beijing Winter Olympics would go ahead as planned in 2022.
The Tokyo Games are due to open on July 23, with the nationwide torch relay scheduled to kick off in late March.
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