- Sources say decision to delay Olympics will be taken this week
- IOC president Thomas Bach and Japan PM to speak on Tuesday
An announcement that the Tokyo Olympics will be postponed until 2021 will be made in the coming days – and potentially as soon as Tuesday, the Guardian understands.
The Japanese government confirmed on Tuesday that the country’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, and the International Olympic Committee president, Thomas Bach, had arranged a conference call on Tuesday at 11am GMT.
One IOC source said the exact timing of any delay to the Tokyo Games would depend on how the call went, but said that a postponement “was coming”. Another source agreed saying the IOC and organisers had no choice with so many athletes and countries now urging a delay because of coronavirus.
Written by Sean Ingle and Justin McCurry in Tokyo
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