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Coronavirus: IOC not interested in Tokyo Olympics without fans, per report

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will not hold the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games without fans, per a report in The Guardian.

The options are either cancel or postpone if the games can’t start on time.

Organizers have maintained the event will go on in July as scheduled, even as the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic has forced the shuttering of leagues around the world.

Japanese residents are increasingly against holding the games as planned due to the pandemic, and athletes have begun calling for it being postponed.

The Summer Olympics in Tokyo are in question.