‘Claims could run into billions’: the interests at stake if Olympics in Japan were cancelled
▻https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jun/10/claims-could-run-into-billions-the-interests-at-stake-if-olympics-in-ja
The official line is that cancellation would be too cruel a sacrifice to impose on thousands of athletes who have spent years training to compete on the Olympic stage, possibly for the last time.
But in explaining their motives for persevering in the face of opposition from the Japanese public, health experts and even a member of the Japanese Olympic Committee, IOC officials have avoided any mention of the irrepressible force driving the Games towards their 23 July opening date.