TOKYO – We're at the halfway point. The Tokyo Olympics were postponed eight months ago, and now are to open in eight months: July 23, 2021.
Crunch time is coming. Tokyo organizers and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach have spoken vaguely about how the Games can take place in the midst of a pandemic.
Plans and dozens of “scenarios” have been drawn up about COVID-19 countermeasures: possible quarantines, vaccines, safe distancing, and making the Athletes' Village a safe “bubble environment.”These ideas will have to become concrete solutions beginning next month and into early 2021.Hanging in the balance are 11,000 Olympic athletes and 4,400 Paralympians.