GENEVA: Roger Federer said Friday that athletes need a firm decision on whether the Tokyo Olympics are going ahead, with the tennis star saying he was in two minds over the Games.
An Olympics singles gold medal is the only major honour missing from the Swiss great’s collection – but the 39-year-old said he would understand if the Games were called off. The pandemic-postponed 2020 Olympics are due to open on July 23.
“It’s difficult, “Federer told Switzerland’s Leman Bleu television.
“We’re not hearing much. That makes me think the Games will happen, even if I’ve heard that lots of people in Tokyo are against the Games.”
Japan expanded a coronavirus state of emergency Friday, just 10 weeks before the Olympic, as campaigners submitted ba petition with more than 350,000 signatures calling for the Games to be scrapped.
With Tokyo amd other areas already under emergency orders until the end of May, three more regions — including northern Hokkaido, which will host the Olympic marathon — now join them.
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