The International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas on Wednesday said that they are fully concentrated on and committed to stage the Tokyo Olympics. This statement of the IOC president after IOC Executive Board (EB) meeting.

The meeting took place on Wednesday and after that, Bach spoke to the media, reiterating the IOC's commitment to organize the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 this summer. A website quoted him as saying, "We are fully concentrated on and committed to the successful and safe delivery of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, starting on 23 July with the Olympic Games and 24 August with the Paralympic Games." He further added, "In the last couple of days, we had consultation calls with the International Federations and the National Olympic Committees, also getting reports from the athlete representatives. We could experience there today, again, that all of them are fully united and committed; all 206 National Olympic Committees, all the International Federations and the athletes are standing behind these Olympic Games. We see the same commitment on the Japanese side with the Japanese government, the Organising Committee and the Japanese Olympic Committee."

Though Japan is under a state of emergency because of a third wave of infections, Bach said all stakeholders were committed to pressing ahead as planned with the rescheduled Games, which are due to open on July 23 after being postponed for a year because of covid-19.

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