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International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has no plans to cancel the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo even in the face of the global coronavirus pandemic.
"We owe it to all the half of the world that watches the Olympics to say we are not putting the cancellation of the Games on the agenda," he said, per Matthew Futterman of the New York Times.
Bach did not commit to a date that a decision would have to be made regarding whether the Games will be postponed or canceled, but his comments made it clear postponement is far more likely than cancellation in his mind.