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IOC chief says Tokyo Olympics will go ahead

IOC President Thomas Bach during a past event.

Photo credit: Pool | AFP

By  AFP

What you need to know:

  • "We have at this moment, no reason whatsoever to believe that the Olympic Games in Tokyo will not open on the 23rd of July," Bach told Kyodo News.
  • "This is why there is no plan B and this is why we are fully committed to make these games safe and successful."

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The virus-delayed Tokyo Olympics will go ahead this summer, and there is "no plan B," International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach said in an interview Thursday.

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