<p style="text-align:start;" size="1" _root="[object Object]" __ownerid="undefined" __hash="undefined" __altered="false">Speaking to the Japanese newspaper <em>Nikkan Sports</em>, Seiko Hashimoto, the president of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee, doubled down on previous<a href="https://apnews.com/article/tokyo-coronavirus-pandemic-2020-tokyo-olympics-japan-olympic-games-da4ecb601dee77b963005b89631c2724" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-ga-track="ExternalLink:https://apnews.com/article/tokyo-coronavirus-pandemic-2020-tokyo-olympics-japan-olympic-games-da4ecb601dee77b963005b89631c2724" aria-label="previous" class="color-link"> </a>refusals to cancel and said postponing the games was out of the question as it would take a lot of work and the sporting venues may not be available.</p>
