Tokyo Games will go ahead 'with or without COVID-19': IOC official

Tokyo's postponed Olympics will go ahead next year regardless of the coronavirus pandemic, International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates said on Monday.

"It will take place with or without COVID. The Games will start on July 23 next year," said Coates, who heads the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission for the Tokyo Games. 

In an historic decision, the 2020 Olympics were postponed because of the global march of the pandemic.

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