TOKYO—The postponed Tokyo Olympic Games will create new “stars and legends” despite a one-year delay, fragmented preparations and the absence of fans in the stadiums, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on Wednesday.
Postponed last year due to COVID-19 pandemic, the Games get underway next week, with all spectators banned from the venues of the 33 sports.
“These Games will have high sporting value under the circumstances,” Bach told an online media roundtable. “We have seen how the athletes persevered and adapted over more than one year…
“This challenge was the same for all of them. There we will nevertheless see great sport and like in any Olympic…
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