World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said Friday he is positive the postponed Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will go ahead next summer although under "different circumstances" due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Coe, a member of the International Olympic Committee, said he was "comforted" by Tokyo's "cast-iron determination" to deliver the games during his visit to the Japanese capital in October, which included a tour of the newly built National Stadium — the main venue of the Tokyo Games.
"The games will go ahead," Coe, a British two-time Olympic 1,500-meter champion, said in an online interview with Japanese media. "Under different circumstances, under stressful conditions, but the games, I think, will go ahead."