London 2012 chief Mills feels Tokyo Games unlikely to go ahead

More cracks appearing in the dam...... When is it going to break?

I have an acquaintance at Dentsu working on Olympic projects who says its 50-50.

Finally, a voice of reason from Mr Mills, the real organisor of the London Olympics. The Nike stool pigeon who is Coe is a self serving, self important, shameless man. A GREAT athlete, a sad person

...our plan is that we will be able to deliver the Games."

No one has ordered them, so deliver elsewhere, return to sender or ecologically recycle. lol

The Nike stool pigeon who is Coe is a self serving, self important, shameless man.

You can say that again. I always preferred the two Steves.

It’s madness to think they can go ahead with the Tokyo Olympics.

already athletes are unable to train properly and the qualification process has been severely hampered.

look at the mess that is the Australian Open and magnify that by 10.

"Our counter measures on COVID-19 are working under the assumption that we will not have a vaccine, so even if we do not, our plan is that we will be able to deliver the Games."

WE DO HAVE A VACCINE! APPROVE IT ALREADY!

Finally, a voice of reason from Mr Mills, the real organisor of the London Olympics. The Nike stool pigeon who is Coe is a self serving, self important, shameless man. A GREAT athlete, a sad person

If I could give you a +2 I would. My thoughts exactly, particularly w.r.t. Seb Coe

My thoughts on this.

It will be difficult and unfair but if you can prevent travel in and out of Tokyo for a set time before the games start and make it a priority to vaccinate Tokyo residents before the rest of the country until herd immunity is achieved and keep the city in a "bubble" then it might be possible to hold the games. It will require a lot of political guts and determination to achieve though.

As for the athletes, they are mostly young, have 0% body fat and are in peak physical condition and if they are vaccinated the risk to them should be close to zero. It would be unfair to deny them an opportunity to shine at an event that they have prepared their whole lives for.

The experience from last year showed us that the virus doesn't do well in the brutal summer heat and humidity.