Tokyo Games to have 10,000 spectator cap

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Up to 10,000 spectators will be allowed to attend each session of the Tokyo Olympics as long as it does not exceed 50 per cent of the venue’s capacity.

The decision was made following a lengthy meeting on Monday between Olympic and Paralympic bosses, the Tokyo Governor and Japanese Government officials.

Earlier in the day, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga had warned the Games could yet take place behind close doors amid the Covid pandemic. Foreign spectators had already been banned from attending.

But Suga said that not allowing any spectators in was “definitely a possibility”. He said: “I think that’s obvious from the standpoint of making safety and security our utmost priority.”

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