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Tokyo 2021 Olympics: 200 days out, Games organisers continue to face mammoth task in face of COVID-19 – Sydney Morning Herald
What should be a milestone of celebration is one of uncertainty as the countdown again reaches 200 days, with countless questions surrounding the 2021 Games.
The Tokyo hosts and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have long billed these rebooted Games as the ultimate symbol of humanity’s triumph over the pandemic. With a jaw-dropping and barely comprehensible list of logistical, security and safety issues yet to overcome, they should be content with simply getting them off the ground at all.
“The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games will be held this summer,” Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said in a New Year’s message. “We will make steady…
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