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Will Tokyo Olympics 2021 be cancelled?

The delayed Tokyo Olympic games will begin in under-100 days.

The countdown to the delayed Tokyo Olympics has begun with only 100 days until the opening ceremony on 23 July.

However, as for plans for how the Games might look like are drawn out, various public opinion polls in Japan have revealed that the majority of its citizens are not in favour of the event going ahead.

R4 Today's Nick Robinson heard from World Athletics president Sebastian Coe, Lord Coe; chairman of the British Olympic Association Sir Hugh Robertson; and double Olympic Taekwondo champion Jade Jones. With news report from 麻豆社's Tokyo correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes.

(Image: Statues of Miraitowa (L) and Someity (R), the official mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics; credit: Reuters)

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