Umongameli waseTokyo 2020 uSeiko Hashimoto "100%" ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba iiOlimpiki ziya kuqhubeka, kodwa walumkisa ukuba iMidlalo "kufuneka ilungele" ukuqhubeka ngaphandle kwababukeli xa kuqhambuka i-coronavirus.
Kukho iintsuku ezingama-50 de iMidlalo yaseTokyo ilibazisekile iqala nge-23 kaJulayi.
IJapan ijongene nokuqhambuka kwemeko ye-coronavirus, kunye neendawo ezinkulu zelizwe phantsi kwemeko yonxunguphalo.
U-Hashimoto uxelele i-BBC Sport: "Ndiyakholelwa ukuba ukubakho kwale Midlalo yi-100% ukuba siyakwenza oku."
Ethetha noLaura Scott weMidlalo ye-BBC, wongeze wathi: “Umbuzo ngoku ngowokuba siza kuba njani neMidlalo ekhuseleke ngakumbi nekhuselekileyo.
“Abantu baseJapan baziva bengakhuselekanga kwaye kwangaxeshanye baziva benxunguphele xa sithetha ngeeOlimpiki kwaye ndicinga ukuba oko kubangela amazwi angakumbi achasene neMidlalo eTokyo.
“Owona mceli mngeni mkhulu iya kuba yindlela esinokulawula ngayo nokulawula ukuhamba kwabantu. Ukuba i…