東京五輪「中止計画あると思う」　ロンドン組織委の元副会長

　【ロンドン時事】２０１２年ロンドン五輪・パラリンピック組織委員会で副会長だったキース・ミルズ氏が１９日、英ＢＢＣ放送のラジオ番組に出演し、新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大により開催が危ぶまれている東京五輪について「私が組織委の人間なら中止の計画を立てただろう。彼ら（東京大会組織委）には中止する計画があると思う」と私見を述べた。
　ミルズ氏は今後１カ月ほどで最終的な判断が下るとの見通しを示し、「課題は十分な数の選手や国が日本を訪れ、大会が実行可能になるかどうかだ」と話した。五輪が中止された場合は「名声と、日本や東京への注目が失われるだろう。それは悲劇だ」と語った。（2021/01/20-07:39）

Keith Mills, who served as deputy head of the organizing committee for the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics, reportedly said Tuesday that organizers of this summer's Tokyo Games are believed to have a plan to cancel the events amid the continuing coronavirus pandemic.
   "If I was sitting in the shoes of the organizing committee in Tokyo, I would be making plans for a cancellation, and I'm sure they have plans for a cancellation," Mills said in a radio program of British public broadcaster BBC. He suggested that a final decision on whether to go ahead with the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics or cancel them will be made in a month or so.
   The Summer Olympics and Paralympics have been postponed by one year from 2020 due to the global spread of the novel coronavirus.
   "The challenge is whether enough competitors and enough countries can visit Japan and make it a really viable games," Mills said.
   "The prestige, the spotlight on Japan and Tokyo, they'll lose that if they have to cancel, which would be tragic," he added.