During his four-day trip to Tokyo earlier this week, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach likened the forthcoming Tokyo Games to “a light at the end of the tunnel.”
Successfully hosting the Olympics would serve as a symbol of humanity’s resilience in overcoming the novel coronavirus, Bach said during his first visit to the capital since the Summer Games were postponed in March for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Organizers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games are moving forward cautiously but confidently, and under the assumption that a vaccine and rapid testing will be available in time.
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