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Critics speak out on Tokyo Olympic costs, pandemic, fairness

by Stephen WadeKoji Ueda
| November 14, 2020 12:03 AM

TOKYO (AP) — Three-time Olympic champion gymnast Kohei Uchimura wants the postponed Tokyo Olympics to happen next year. But he's also talked openly about the skepticism in Japan where enthusiasm is muted by health risks, billions of dollars in taxpayer bills, and questions why the Games are a priority amid a pandemic.

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