Abeokuta: Sina ODUNTAN with Agency Reports
THE TOKYO 2020 GAMES "will take place in 2021 or they won't take place" at all, a top Olympics official has said.
"It's unthinkable to keep such a project on the go for any longer, considering the enormous costs and all the thousands of people involved, " said Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant, a senior member of the International Olympic Committee.
"All the sporting federations have to adapt to the Games' postponement... we can't envisage a similar upheaval a second time," the Belgian told a local newspaper.
His comments echo a recent statement from committee president Thomas Bach, who said the Games would have to be cancelled if they cannot take place next summer.
It comes as Tokyo's governor said the city and organisers were looking at ways to scale back next year's Games.
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