Organisers remain bullish despite senior medical adviser saying holding Games during coronavirus pandemic was ‘not normal’
The president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics organising committee, Seiko Hashimoto, has said the Games will go ahead as planned, soon after the Japan’s most senior medical adviser said holding the event under current coronavirus conditions was “not normal”.
“We cannot postpone again,” Hashimoto said an interview published on Thursday in the Nikkan Sports newspaper.
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