A year to go, rearranged Tokyo Games still shrouded in uncertainty


FILE PHOTO: Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and an official Olympic partner unveil a countdown clock during a ceremony celebrating one year out from the start of the summer games in front of Tokyo Station in Tokyo, Japan July 24, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo 2020 organisers will host celebrations marking the one-year countdown to the Olympics on Thursday but with the postponed Games still shrouded in uncertainty they are sure to be more muted than the first attempt 12 months ago.

On July 24 last year, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach presided over a glitzy ceremony in the Japanese capital and declared Tokyo the best prepared host city he had ever seen.

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