Postponing the Olympic Games: it's complicated

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AFP Tokyo
Last Updated : Mar 23 2020 | 2:30 PM IST

- The Tokyo Olympics appears to be creeping towards a postponement, an unprecedented and costly exercise that involves ripping up years of planning.

As International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach told Germany's SWR:
"Postponing the Olympic Games is not like moving a football game to next Saturday." Here are just some of the challenges:
- Competition scheduling -
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- Venues -
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The IOC highlighted this as one of the main concerns, warning: "A number of critical venues needed for the Games could potentially not be available anymore."
- Athletes' village -
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- Hotels -
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- Any silver linings? -
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First Published: Mar 23 2020 | 2:30 PM IST

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