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Will Olympic Games set standard for holding mass events during a pandemic?

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Lucia Moris from South Sudan poses for a photograph during his training in preparation for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Maebashi [REUTERS]

The Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games will finally be held from July 23, after being postponed for a year thanks to Covid-19 pandemic that is still raging across the world.

One can only imagine the hurdles surmounted by the international Olympics committee (IOC) and the Japanese government - ranging from opposition from member countries and federations to a local population that have consistently voted for a cancellation of the games in several opinion polls – to finally host this event.

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