Tokyo Olympics: A success? A failure? How to judge?
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By STEPHEN WADE
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, left, meets Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on July 14.
Photo: Kimimasa Mayama/Pool via AP/File
TOKYO
Will it be a success? A failure? Or none of the above?
It will take something much more nuanced than those basic notions to assess the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics when they wrap up in two weeks. The response will be twisted by dozens of parties with their own interests.
There's the International Olympic Committee. The 11,000 athletes. The Japanese organizing committee. The Japanese public. The absent fans.