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Olympic chiefs bracing for extra costs in rescheduling Tokyo Games

Ihesiulo Grace 3 April 2020 0

Olympic chiefs said Thursday they were bracing themselves for the extra costs incurred by rescheduling the Tokyo Games by a year to 2021. The historic decision to postpone the summer Olympics by 12 months was taken this week amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. It was the first peacetime

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Prepare ‘full steam’, IOC tells athletes as Tokyo Games holds in spite of coronavirus

Ihesiulo Grace 4 March 2020 0

Lausanne (Switzerland) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday gave further unequivocal backing to this summer’s Tokyo Olympics, urging athletes to prepare “full steam” in spite of the coronavirus threat. “We are preparing for a successful Olympic Games, Tokyo 2020,” IOC head Thomas Bach said at an executive board meeting to discuss the July […]

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IOC says it’s committed to Tokyo Games amid coronavirus concerns

Ihesiulo Grace 27 February 2020 0

Berlin – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is committed to the Tokyo Olympics going ahead on schedule this summer in spite of fears around the outbreak of the coronavirus, its president, Thomas Bach, says. “Bach told Japanese media in a conference call that the IOC is fully committed to a successful Olympic Games in Tokyo […]

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