VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED
Daily Mirror|March 23, 2020
India’s table tennis star Kamal says Japan cannot guarantee the safety of 17,000 athletes living together in Tokyo’s Olympic Village
- MIKE WALTERS
VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED

IT IS the nightmare scenario Tokyo 2020 organisers dare not contemplate – and for which they can offer no guarantees.

As calls for this summer’s Olympics and Paralympics in Japan to be postponed grew from background murmurs to a full-blown chorus, Indian table tennis star Sharath Kamal (right) delivered an unplayable serve to the host nation.

What happens if a single person contracts coronavirus in an athletes’ village where more than 17,000 competitors and team officials will rub shoulders in a global sporting colony?

Kamal, a four-times Commonwealth Games gold medallist, turns 38 a fortnight before the scheduled start of play in Tokyo on July 24.

He said: “As an athlete, I obviously want the Olympics to happen but not in July.

この蚘事は Daily Mirror の March 23, 2020 版に掲茉されおいたす。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トラむアルを開始しお、䜕千もの厳遞されたプレミアム ストヌリヌ、9,000 以䞊の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしおください。

この蚘事は Daily Mirror の March 23, 2020 版に掲茉されおいたす。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トラむアルを開始しお、䜕千もの厳遞されたプレミアム ストヌリヌ、9,000 以䞊の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしおください。