TOKYO – It's been 2 1/2 months since the Tokyo Olympics were postponed until next year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
So where do the games stand? So far, many ideas about how the Olympic can take place are being floated by the International Olympic Committee, Japanese officials and politicians, and in unsourced Japanese newspaper articles coming from local organizers and politicians.
The focus is on soaring costs, fans — or no fans — possible quarantines for athletes, and cutting back to only “the essentials."No one blames the IOC for not knowing what conditions will be a year from now.
And from the IOC perspective, there is no need yet to speak frankly and possibly alienate Japanese politicians and citizens, sponsors and TV.