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The International Olympic Committee has paved the way for the Tokyo Games to be postponed after giving itself a four-week deadline to consider its options. While the IOC has emphatically ruled out cancelling the Olympics, it will consider a scaled down Games as well as delaying them for a few months or, more likely, a year.
Only last week the IOC president, Thomas Bach, insisted that there was “No Plan B”, but it has since softened its stance amid mounting criticism by athletes amid the coronavirus crisis. The IOC will now examine several scenarios over the next month, but it is thought that deferring to the summer of 2021 is the most likely option.
Written by Sean Ingle
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/mar/22/ioc-expected-to-make-decision-on-tokyo-2020-olympics-within-four-weeks under the title “Olympics postponement on the cards as IOC gives itself four-week deadline”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
