FILE PHOTO: World Athletics President Sebastian Coe wearing a protective face mask speaks to media as he inspects the National Stadium, the main stadium of Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo, Japan October 8, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato/Pool
LONDON (Reuters) - World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said there is a "cast-iron determination" to deliver the Tokyo Olympics, with COVID-19 vaccines and ability of athletes to train meaning the situation is better than when the Games were postponed last year.
The Japanese government and the IOC on Friday denied a report in Britain's Times newspaper quoting an unnamed official as saying the Games would have to be cancelled.
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