'Tokyo unwavering on Olympics but fans not guaranteed'
This picture taken on January 19, 2021 shows Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games CEO Toshiro Muto posing for a photo during an interview with AFP in Tokyo. Olympic organisers are "unwavering" on holding the coronavirus-delayed Games this year, but can't rule out staging it without spectators, Tokyo 2020's CEO Toshiro Muto has said.
In an interview ahead of the Games' six-month countdown, Muto conceded people are "anxious" as virus cases soar worldwide, including in Japan where Tokyo is under a state of emergency
The spectre of cancellation has returned to haunt the Games 10 months after the pandemic forced the first peacetime postponement in Olympic history
Muto said the "biggest challenge" was implementing the 53-page anti-coronavirus rulebook, which mandates regular testing for athletes, limits their movement and shortens stays at the Olympic Village
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Olympics organisers are "unwavering" on holding the coronavirus-delayed Games this year but can't rule out staging it without spectators, Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto told AFP.
