Olympic chief Thomas Bach will visit Japan by mid-July, the IOC has announced, after he was forced to cancel a planned trip this month over virus restrictions.
International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates said in a letter to officials published late Wednesday that Bach would arrive by July 12 — less than two weeks before the virus-postponed Games are set to begin.
Bach had originally planned to visit in May, but was forced to scrap the trip with parts of Japan under a virus state of emergency.
He had planned to take part in the Olympic torch relay in Hiroshima, at the city’s atomic bomb Peace Memorial Park. But virus restrictions mean the event was held withou…
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