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An Olympics during a pandemic: an indulgence or morale-booster? – Sydney Morning Herald
Two of our experts take different views on the whether the Tokyo Games, already delayed by a year, should take place in a global pandemic.
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The Tokyo Olympics have faltered once, when, in March 2020, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Japan bowed to global resistance as the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated, and announced the postponement of the Games for a year.
At the time, the IOC said the historic decision – the Olympics have only before been cancelled three times, due to the First and Second World Wars – was to safeguard the health of the athletes, everybody involved in…
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