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Sebastian Coe has admitted that “nobody is saying we will be going to the Games come what may” as the debate over whether the Tokyo Olympics should be staged this summer continues to intensify.
A growing number of athletes and athlete representatives, including Britain’s world heptathlon champion, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, and the Olympic pole vault gold medallist, Katerina Stefanidi of Greece, have expressed their concerns about being able to prepare for the Games with much of Europe in lockdown. The president of World Athletics has now accepted that nothing is off the table in terms of future planning – including moving the Games to September or October – because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Written by Sean Ingle
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/mar/19/tokyo-olympics-delayed-coronavirus-sebastian-coe under the title “Tokyo Olympics could be delayed due to coronavirus, admits Sebastian Coe”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
