TOKYO (AP) — Yoshiro Mori, a former prime minister and now president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, told the newspaper Nikkan Sports there would be no more delays if the Games can’t be held in 2021.
“No, in that situation, it will be canceled,” he said. “In the past, when there were such problems, like wartime, it has been canceled. This time, we are fighting an invisible enemy.”
Mori added: “This is a gamble for mankind. If the world triumphs over the virus and we can hold the Olympics, then our Games will be so many times more valuable than any past Olympics.