Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics pushed back on 'speculation' that the coronavirus epidemic could lead to the cancellation of the Summer Games, after an IOC official appeared to suggest otherwise.
earlier this week by longtime International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound. In an interview with the AP, the former Olympic swimmer estimated that officials would have until late May to decide on the fate of the Tokyo Games, which are scheduled to begin on July 24.
Pound, who is also the former head of the World Anti-Doping Agency, told NPR on Wednesday that such a decision would require a worsening of the epidemic. However, it its statement, the Tokyo Organizing Committee said that Pound's three-month window"is not necessarily the IOC's collective view."asked organizers of large sporting and cultural events
The coronavirus outbreak, which has disrupted global travel and trade, began in December in central China. Worldwide, the epidemic has caused more than 80,000 people to become infected and killed some 2,700 globally — the vast majority of them in mainland China. In Japan,
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