medalist with canada called it insensitive and irresponsible reigning olympic pool vault champion catarina stephanie of greece said being asked to train every day meant the i.o.c. was risking athletes health no not just in 4 months time. in tokyo the count don't clock ticks down the seconds till the games but olympic fever is notably absent in a city that has also fallen victim to the coronavirus but i'm sure if we say we'll hold the olympics with fans in the stadiums then without doubt people from all over the world will travel here that increases the risk of death a virus can be unknowingly reintroduced and that worries me a lot for watching. others worry about the impact on japan should the games not take place. the games are one thing. what worries me a lot more. is what it would all mean for the economy. and for my business of course. but the whole situation in japan is very worrying give us a little listen i. really practice underway and anticipation of the flames arrival whether it will light the olympic cauldron as planned on july 24th depends on the iowa seas ability to weather some of the

doubts about the games starting on july 24 began to rise athletes such as greek pole vaulter catarina stephanie made it clear they were uncomfortable with training for the 2020 of vent let alone competing in it canada and australia then effectively boycotted a 2020 games not to believe it all left tokyo organizers and the i.o.c. with little choice a cancellation was out of the question with the cost of the games already in excess of $12000000000.00 a scaled down version appealed to no one a postponement became the only option. and we can bring in carol barrett mentions reporting for us in japan hi cairo what has been the reaction there to this news. well you know obviously there's disappointment but also understanding for the world when situation i mean we are all surrounded with the news images from one of the all over the world as well in japan and it touches the japanese people's hearts as well as anyone's car tell us about this decision being made now i mean it seems like it really was only a matter of time. yeah obviously i would say so i mean there was a nation wide poll about 2 weeks ago

doubts about the games starting on july 24th began to rise athletes such as greek pole vaulter catarina stephanie made it clear they were uncomfortable with training for the 2020 of vent let alone competing in it canada and australia then effectively boycotted a 2020 games not to believe it all left tokyo organizers and the i.o.c. with little choice a cancellation was out of the question but the cost of the games already in excess of $12000000000.00 a scaled down version appealed to no one a postponement became the only option. mark madoff from d.w. sports is covering this story for us mark tell us the latest about this decision to postpone yes well japanese prime minister shinzo out there has just told reporters that he's basically had a telephone conference with the i.o.c. boss thomas back and we asked president back he says to consider a postponement of about a year to make it possible for athletes to take part in the best situation and to make the event a safe and secure one for spectators present bath said he is 100 percent in agreement and we've also heard from the i.o.c. now officially tha