Olympics: Organizers look to cut visiting officials by 10-15%

Tokyo Olympic organizers want to cut the number of officials at next year's postponed games by 10 to 15 percent as a part of a package of cost-reduction proposals, an organizing committee official confirmed Thursday.Since the games were postponed in March due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, one of the goals of both organizers and the International Olympic Committee has been to streamline the event due to the added costs involved in the unprecedented one-year delay.Fewer officials attending from the IOC and each country's national Olympic committee will mean less spent on food, beverages …READ FULL ARTICLE