OlympicTalk · Jan 29, 2021
As IOC, Japanese leaders plan Tokyo Olympics, athlete protocols take shape
IOC leaders and Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide this week repeated their commitment to holding the Tokyo Olympics this summer while continuing to form coronavirus countermeasures for the Games that open July 23.
“I am determined to achieve the Games as a proof of human victory against the pandemic, a symbol of global solidarity and to give hope and courage around the world,” Suga said Friday.
IOC President Thomas Bach and IOC vice president John Coates, chair of the Tokyo Olympics coordination commission, repeated this week that the only plan is to hold the Olympics in Tokyo in July and August.