Tokyo Olympics will be cancelled if pandemic not over by 2021: Games chief

The Games had been cancelled previously only during wartime, said the Tokyo 2020 organising committee chairman and compared the battle against coronavirus to 'fighting an invisible enemy'

The Tokyo 2020 organising committee president Yoshiro Mori said on Tuesday that the postponed Tokyo Olympics will be cancelled if the coronavirus pandemic isn't brought under control by next year
 
The pandemic has already forced a year-long delay of the Games, which are now scheduled to open on July 23, 2021, but Tokyo 2020 president Mori said no further postponement was possible.
 
In an interview with Japan's Nikkan Sports daily, Mori was categorical when asked if the Olympics could be delayed until 2022 if the pandemic remains a threat next year, replying: "No." "In that case, it's cancelled,"