This news story mainly talks about the Tokyo Olympics has the possibility to be postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak. The story begins with a statement from Japan’s Olympic minister that Tokyo’s contract with International Olympic Committee shows the postponement is allowed. It then tells us the original schedule of the Games and suggests that IOC has the right to cancel the Games. Then it moves on to IOC president Thomas Bach’s declaration. He shows great confidence to the success ofthe Games and the encouragement to all the athletes. After that, the story lists some other high-profile sporting events that have already been cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak. The IOC executive board also announced that a ‘joint task force’ was started in mid-February. The story ends with a statement of Bach which says the executive board will keep supporting the athletes and their NOCs.
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