Yoshiro Mori clarified Thursday that he will not be stepping down as president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee despite calls to do so following sexist comments he made about women.
"I am not thinking to resign," Mori said, per the Associated Press (h/t ESPN.com). "I have been working hard and helped devotedly for seven years. I will not be stepping down."
The controversy came after he was asked about the limited number of women on the board of the Japanese Olympic Committee.
"Women are very competitive," he told Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun.