IOC member says canceling Tokyo Olympics ‘essentially off the table’ as coronavirus surges in Japan

Published May 25, 2021 12:00am ET



The prospect of canceling the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, is “essentially off the table,” according to a member of the International Olympic Committee.

IOC member Dick Pound acknowledged that he couldn’t “guarantee anything” regarding the Olympics, which are set to take place this summer as Japan suffers a surge in COVID-19 cases, but he said that “all the indications, the fact-based indications, are that the bubble can be created and maintained.”

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