Tokyo Olympic organizers and the International Olympic Committee said on Friday there is no “Plan B” for the 2020 Games, which open in just over five months and have been jolted by the outbreak of a virus in neighboring China. We are not thinking of any such possibility,” said Mori, a former Japanese prime minister, speaking in Japanese. Coates was asked by a CNN reporter if he was 100% confident that the Tokyo Olympics would go on as scheduled and open on July 24. Moving the Olympics back even two months would clash in North America with a full plate of sports broadcasts: NFL, NBA, baseball, and college football. “Depends where he’ll be holidaying before he comes here,” Coates said, cracking one of the few jokes of the night.

Source: Economic Times February 14, 2020 17:48 UTC