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The future of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics has been thrown into doubt after a report surfaced suggesting the Japanese government has concluded the event will be cancelled.
The Japanese government have categorically denied the Tokyo Games are off
Having postponed it last year, a UK newspaper report claimed that due to the state of emergency in Japan for the pandemic, the Games would be cancelled
Both the Japanese government and Olympic organisers call that a fabrication
The IOC say they are developing Covid-19 countermeasures to protect athletes
Japan has denied a report that there is an agreement among officials that the Tokyo Olympics, which have already been delayed for a year, are “doomed” because of the still-raging coronavirus pandemic and that the event will have to be cancelled.
The report in The Times, a British newspaper, said officials were scrambling to find face-saving way to announce their decision.
“No one wants to be the first to say so but the consensus is that it’s too difficult,” The Times quoted an unnamed senior official as saying.
“Personally, I don’t think it’s going to happen.”
In response, Japan’s Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Manabu Sakai said there was no truth to the report and Games organisers said all event partners, including the Japanese government and the International Olympic Committee, were “fully focused” on hosting the Games this summer.