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BBC OS: 2020/07/24 16:06 GMT: Coronavirus conversations: Tokyo Olympics

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Coronavirus conversations: Tokyo Olympics

2020/07/24 16:06 GMT

2020/07/24 16:06 GMT: Coronavirus conversations: Tokyo Olympics

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Coronavirus risk raises questions over 2021 Games

Coronavirus risk raises questions over 2021 Games.

We hear from people in Japan on the day that was meant to have been the opening of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The event has been postponed by a year because of the coronavirus pandemic. We speak to people who want the Olympics to be cancelled because they are worried that athletes from around the world would spread Covid-19 in Japan. And we hear from athletes who had timed their performance for this Summer but who now have to focus on next year.

And we get your coronavirus questions answered by Dr Megan Murray from Harvard University.

Also today; we speak to women around the world about their responses and reaction to sexism. US congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has given a speech rejecting a colleague’s apology after he allegedly used a sexist slur in an argument.

(Phtoto: A woman wearing a protective face mask and face shield inside Japan Olympics Museum. Credit: Issei Kato/Reuters)

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