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© Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Postponed Tokyo Olympics hit 1-year-to-go mark — again
By STEPHEN WADE TOKYO©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Serrano
This is ridiculous. The virus from China saved the 2020 Olympics from being held during the peak heat period, and they're just going to make the same mistake and hold them during the peak heat period next year.
Strangerland
Even if there is a vaccine? Why not?
ZENJI
It just will not be possable to operate The Games Safely.
Realise this fact and deal with it.
smithinjapan
Bernard Marx: "What?! Why should they get a free ride off the back of the taxpayer? Much more deserving people should get priority."
Forget the homeless for now, put the Covid-19 patients in them, since they are running out of hospital beds.
rainyday
Its possible they will happen and I hope they do, but it seems less and less likely with each passing day.
One thing that is certain is that even if they do happen it will be a pyrrhic victory from Japan’s perspective. The main benefit was to be the associated tourist boom, which obviously won’t happen. All these billions of dollars in TV revenue they are talking about rescuing is money for the IOC, Japan doesn’t get a dime of that.
Bernard Marx
Never gonna happen.
What?! Why should they get a free ride off the back of the taxpayer? Much more deserving people should get priority.
James
@Cosmos1
The Olympics will run next year stop being stupid
James
The Olympics are 100% factually going to run next year without a doubt
wanderlust
WHO now predict a vaccine won't be available until 2021, if they can be believed after their initial track record on Covid-19. That's cutting it very fine.
Cricky
The 2020 Olympics being held in 2021....wait a minute no one is coming. And it's Gold again for Japan gold, gold, gold. Here is an old man dressed as Mario celebrating Japans hord of gold medals.
smithinjapan
Actually, the headline can't possibly be true. Last time they were not the "postponed Olympics", they were just the Olympics, so this is the first time for the post-poned Olympics, second time for just the Olympics.
Cosmos1
Yeah it's not going to happen, may as well start now giving out the Athletes Village Apartments to the homeless
saiaku
Cancel it and bill china.