Tokyo 2020: Naomi Osaka wants ‘discussion’ on Olympics amid virus surge in Japan
- There is increasing pressure from the Japanese public to cancel the Olympics, which have already been postponed once from its original dates last summer due to the pandemic
A virus state of emergency in Japan’s capital city and other parts of the country was extended on Friday, less than three months before the delayed Games are due to begin.
There has been increasing pressure from the Japanese public to cancel the Olympics, which have already been postponed once from its original dates last summer due to the pandemic.
“For me, I feel like if it’s putting people at risk and if it’s making people very uncomfortable, then it definitely should be a discussion, which I think it is as of right now,” the four-time grand slam winner said ahead of the Rome WTA tournament.
“Of course, I would say I want the Olympics to happen, because I’m an athlete and that’s sort of what I have been waiting for my entire life.
“But I think that there is so much important stuff going on, and especially the past year, I think a lot of unexpected things have happened.