A járványhelyzet miatt felfüggesztették az olimpiai fáklya nyilvános bemutatóit
MTI
2021. január 08. 14:11
Banners of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay are installed at a parking lot near JR Hirono Station, Hirono, Fukushima Prefecture on March 26, 2020. The relay event was cancelled as Japanese government and IOC (International Olympic Commitee) had agreed that Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games would be delayed until 2021 Summer due to the conronavirus outbreak globally. Fukushima and the Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Power Plant was hard-hit by the 2011 Earthquake and tsunami. The Olympic Torch Relay took place at the disaster-damaged prefectures Miyagi and Fukushima. Concerns and doubts had been growing whether the Tokyo Games would go ahead on schedule with the coronavirus pandemic causing chaos around the world. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun )
