10,000 volunteers drop out; Tokyo Olympics open in 50 days

By Associated Press

Jun 03, 2021 3:52 pm

TOKYO: The countdown clock for the Tokyo Olympics sat at 50-days-to-go on Thursday. It also brought another problem for the one-year-delayed games.

About 10,000 of 80,000 unpaid volunteers for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have told organizers they will not participate when the games open on July 23.

The Olympic rings are reinstalled at the waterfront in Tokyo on December 1, 2020. AFP FILE PHOTO

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