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Tokyo 2020 and COVID – are Olympic dreams worth the risk?

Tokyo 2020 and COVID – are Olympic dreams worth the risk?

FromSky News Daily


Tokyo 2020 and COVID – are Olympic dreams worth the risk?

FromSky News Daily

ratings:
Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Jul 19, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

On 8 July, organisers announced that the Games would go ahead without spectators due to rising coronavirus cases. But will the rewards outweigh the potential costs - both financial and in terms of health?On the Sky News Daily podcast, host Dermot Murnaghan speaks to Amy Borrett from our data and forensics team, modern pentathlete Samantha Murray talks about what competing at London 2012 meant to her, and Sky's Tom Parmenter and Sophia McBride speak about the safety measures being taken in Tokyo.Daily podcast team:Podcast producer - Annie JoycePodcast producer - Nicola EyersPodcast producer - Rosetta FourlagawoInterviews producer - Tatiana AldersonInterviews producer – Reece Denton Archive - Simon WindsorArchive - Rob FellowesArchive - Nelly StefanovaMusic - Steven Wheeler
Released:
Jul 19, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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The Sky News Daily podcast with Niall Paterson brings you a deeper look at the big stories. We use Sky News correspondents for the best eyewitness reporting, original stories and expertise to make sense of the world.Published every weekday.