We can't postpone again, says Tokyo Olympics boss amid Covid gloom

Tokyo 2020 Olympics organising committee president Seiko Hashimoto (left) and Stanislav Vecera, CEO and President of Procter & Gamble Company Japan, a Tokyo 2020 partner for the podiums made with recycled plastic, attend an event to unveil the medals, podium and music to be used for the medal ceremonies at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games at Ariake Arena in Tokyo on June 3, 2021. - AFP

TOKYO (Reuters): The head of Japan's Olympics organising committee ruled out on Thursday (June 3) another suspension of the Games, despite deep disquiet at the prospect of thousands of athletes and officials arriving during a fourth wave of Covid-19 infections.

Already postponed from last year at the cost of an extra $3.5 billion, a scaled-down version of the Games, with no foreign spectators, is set to start on July 23.