Olympics: Tokyo organizing exec suggests 1-2 year delay over virus: WSJ english.kyodonews.net

KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 14:00 | Sports, News, All, Coronavirus, WorldA member of the Tokyo Games organizing committee's executive board said it would be more realistic to postpone the Olympics by one or two years rather than cancel the games due to the coronavirus outbreak, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
"I don't think the games could be canceled, it'd be a delay," said Haruyuki Takahashi, a former senior managing director at Dentsu Inc., Japan's largest advertising agency.
The organizing committee released an official comment denying knowledge of Takahashi's suggestion and reaffirming the Olympics will go ahead as scheduled on July 24.
The WSJ estimates that about 73 percent of the IOC's revenue comes from selling broadcasting rights, according to the governing body's latest financial statement.
Takahashi also told the WSJ that the organizing committee has yet to discuss the impact of coronavirus.