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.

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