The inside story of how it went from ‘no plan B’ to postponement in little more than a week – yet with hopes of eventual resurrection
It sounds preposterous in hindsight, especially now the Tokyo Olympics has joined the ranks of the sporting postponements, but barely a fortnight ago organisers could still see a rickety route towards hosting the Games in 2020.
Japan and China appeared to be over the worst of the coronavirus epidemic, so the thinking went, and most of Europe was still open. So a decision was made: to push on, to wait, to hope.
Written by Sean Ingle Chief sports reporter
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