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Abe says IOC agrees '100%' that Olympics should be postponed

by Associated Press
| March 24, 2020 6:05 AM

TOKYO (AP) — IOC President Thomas Bach has agreed “100%” to a proposal of postponing the Tokyo Olympics for about one year until 2021 because of the coronavirus outbreak, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday.

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