Tokyo Head Sees Olympics Canceled if Virus Isn’t Under Control

A pedestrian wearing a protective face mask walks past the Olympic rings installed outside the Japan Olympic Museum near the New National Stadium,  in Tokyo, on March 11. — A pedestrian wearing a protective face mask walks past the Olympic rings installed outside the Japan Olympic Museum near the New National Stadium, in Tokyo, on March 11.
Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg

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By Gearoid Reidy and Ayai Tomisawa

April 28, 2020 at 7:41 AM UTC

The Olympic Games would be canceled instead of being further postponed if the coronavirus pandemic isn’t under control by 2021, the head of Tokyo’s organizing body said.

Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee, told Nikkan Sports that a delay to 2022 wouldn’t happen, noting that during wars, the games have simply been canceled.