Tokyo 2020 news - Tokyo government works with Olympics organisers to ensure safe games

ByEurosport

Updated 05/03/2020 at 10:26 GMT

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said on Thursday the metropolitan government was working with organisers to ensure a safe summer Olympics amid the challenges of the coronavirus outbreak.

Yuriko Koike

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Koike issued a statement after the International Olympic Committee held a board meeting this week at which the board voiced its full commitment to a successful Summer Games.

"We will continue to work in full collaboration with the IOC, the Tokyo 2020 organising committee, and the national government to ensure the delivery of a safe and secure Games," Koike said in the statement.

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