The International Olympic Committee promised officials worldwide Wednesday the Winter Olympics in Beijing will go ahead as planned.
GENEVA — A day after Switzerland’s team leader asked for talks about possibly postponing the Beijing Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic, the IOC promised officials worldwide Wednesday the Winter Games will go ahead as planned. The Swiss Olympic committee said the IOC, during a video conference call with teams, gave assurances about staging next month’s event. The International Olympic Committee also promised case-by-case assessments of athletes who recover after testing positive for COVID-19 ahead of traveling to China, the Swiss team said in a statement. «The issue of a postponement is no longer relevant to all of us,» Swiss team leader Ralph Stöckli said in the statement. The International Olympic Committee is hoping to avoid a second straight delay. The Tokyo Games, originally scheduled to be held in 2020, were postponed one year.
