Christophe Dubi, Executive Director of Olympic Games (on screen), John Coates, Chairman of the Coordination Commission for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tokyo 2020, and President of Tokyo 2020 Yoshiro Mori attend a joint press conference at Harumi Island Triton Square Tower Y in Tokyo, Japan November 18, 2020. Rodrigo Reyes Marin/Pool via REUTERS
TOKYO (Reuters) - The purpose-built Athletes' Village must be the safest place in Tokyo during next year's Olympics, a senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) official said on Wednesday after meetings with the Tokyo 2020 organisers.
IOC President Thomas Bach and other officials have been in the Japanese capital this week as a show of support for the organisers as they try to arrange the Games despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
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