Staging the Tokyo Olympics amid the global coronavirus pandemic was one of the 'most complex' tasks of his career, International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates said in an interview published on Friday.
IOC Vice President John Coates attends a meeting between IOC President Thomas Bach and Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko in Tokyo, Japan July 15, 2021. Christopher Jue/Pool via REUTERS
"Tokyo is the most complex thing I've ever done in my life, it was a big job," Coates said in an interview with News Corp's The Australian newspaper less than two weeks after the Olympic flame was extinguished. But Coates, who was also involved in Brisbane's successful bid to win the hosting rights for the 2032 Olympics, stressed at no point did he believe the Games would not be held.
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