IOC's Bach in Tokyo next week for talks with Games organisers

[ASFN Admin]

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach will be in Tokyo for three days next week to review preparations for the postponed 2020 Olympics and back organisers amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Bach told a news conference on Wednesday he would be in Tokyo between Nov. 15-18 but did not provide details on possible meetings with government officials or Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. "I hope after this visit we can give even more confidence to all the participants of the Games about the safe environment they will see in about nine months from now."

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