Umdala IKomiti yeOlimpiki yaseJapan igosa namhlanje litshilo IOlimpiki zaseTokyo kufuneka ilibaziseke.
"Kufanele ihlehliswe phantsi kwale meko yangoku apho iimbaleki zingenakho ukuzilungiselela kakuhle," uKaori Yamaguchi, olilungu lebhodi elawulayo yaseJapan, uxelele iNikkei yonke imihla, esongeza ilizwi lakhe kwikwayala ekhulayo efuna ukuba iTokyo 2020 ilibaziseke ngenxa kubhubhane we-COVID-19.
UYamaguchi uphumelele imbasa yebronze yejudo kwi-Olimpiki yaseSeoul ngo-1988. Ulilungu lokuqala lebhodi ye-JOC ukubhengeza elubala ukuhlehliswa kweMidlalo yaseTokyo
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “It should be postponed under the current situation where athletes can't be well prepared,” Kaori Yamaguchi, a Japanese Olympic Committee executive board member, told the Nikkei daily, adding her voice to a growing chorus calling for Tokyo 2020 to be delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- She is the first JOC board member to openly call for a postponement of the Tokyo Games.
- Igosa eliphezulu leKomiti yeOlimpiki yaseJapan namhlanje lithe iiOlimpiki zaseTokyo kufuneka zilibaziseke.