As Tokyo marks one year to go until the rearranged Olympic Games, questions still surround every aspect of hosting the mammoth event
FILE PHOTO: Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and an official Olympic partner unveil a countdown clock during a ceremony celebrating one year out from the start of the summer games in front of Tokyo Station in Tokyo, Japan July 24, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
Just two months later, however, plans that had been almost a decade in the making were shredded as the COVID-19 pandemic forced the IOC and Japanese government to take the unprecedented decision to postpone the Olympics for a year. The head of the IOC’s Coordination Commission John Coates has said rearranging the Games meant focusing on the “must haves” in a simplified event.
The Games were already set to cost over 1.35 trillion yen before the postponement and increased expenditure might further alienate a public already turning their backs on an Olympics they once embraced enthusiastically. In addition to costs, three major issues dominate any conversation on the rearranged Games — athlete safety, spectators and sponsorship.
The same is true of the desire to have thousands of spectators in the stadiums to cheer on those athletes.
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