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Tokyo Olympics: Katerina Stefanidi does a volte-face
Updated On: 26 January, 2021 09:15 AM IST | Tokyo | AFP
Greek Olympic pole vault champ wants Tokyo Games to go ahead this year - even without spectators - after calling for postponement of the event last March
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Olympic pole vault champion Katerina Stefanidi has spoken out strongly in favour of going ahead with the Tokyo Games, nearly a year after she led calls to postpone the event over COVID-19 pandemic.
Stefanidi, 30, told Japan’s Kyodo news agency that it would be better to hold the Olympics without fans than not at all, adding that she thought athletes were overwhelmingly in favour of competing.
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