Tokyo ceremony must include coronavirus reference - producer


FILE PHOTO: 2016 Rio Olympics - Opening ceremony - Maracana - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 05/08/2016. Fireworks explode during the opening ceremony. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

ATHENS (Reuters) - The Tokyo 2020 Olympics must acknowledge the coronavirus crisis which forced their postponement and incorporate it into next year's opening ceremony, executive producer Marco Balich said.

Balich, an Italian with great experience in producing Olympic opening and closing ceremonies, said the Japanese had almost completed preparations for this year.

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