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The celebration cauldron is lit on the first day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay in Naraha, Fukushima prefecture, Japan March 25, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool

'Nothing can stop Olympics from going ahead'

But questions continue to be raised about the viability of the Games, given the ongoing pandemic and a virus state of emergency in Tokyo and other parts of Japan being extended on Friday.

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Laurel Hubbard set to be first transgender Olympian

The Olympic rings are illuminated in front of the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan January 22, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

North Korea drops out of Tokyo Olympics citing Covid-19

The celebration cauldron is lit on the first day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay in Naraha, Fukushima prefecture, Japan March 25, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool

Japan lights Olympic torch under pandemic shadow

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Olympic-hopeful surfer killed by lightning at El Salvador beach

The giant Olympic rings are seen through at the waterfront area at Odaiba Marine Park after postponing Games due to the outbreak of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Tokyo, Japan March 25, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Issei Kato

About 1,000 Olympics volunteers quit this month in wake of furor over president

Japan's Olympics Minister Seiko Hashimoto attends a news conference at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Japan September 11, 2019. REUTERSIssei KatoFile PhotoFile Photo

Former Olympic athlete Hashimoto chosen as head of Tokyo 2020 organisers

IOC President, Thomas Bach, hosts the first Executive Board meeting for 2021 at the Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland January 27, 2021. Greg Martin/IOC/Handout via REUTERS

IOC says it is fully committed to staging Tokyo Games

Manizha Talash,18, practises breakdancing during a training session in Kabul, Afghanistan January 10 2021. Picture taken January 10, 2021. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

Afghanistan's first female breakdancer sets sights on Paris Olympics

The giant Olympic rings are seen through at the waterfront area at Odaiba Marine Park after postponing Games due to the outbreak of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Tokyo, Japan March 25, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Issei Kato

Sports face vaccine dilemma ahead of Olympics, Euros

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Cancellation fears cloud Tokyo Olympics with only six months to go

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A sign of hope in pandemic; Olympic rings back in Tokyo Bay

FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walks past the Olympic rings in front of the Japan Olympics Museum in Tokyo, Japan March 13, 2020. Reuters

Tokyo 2020 organisers estimate Games postponement cost $1.9 billion