The IOC offers the following Video News Release to all news agencies, broadcasters and online news platforms free of charge. STORY SCRIPT: IOC President Thomas Bach has arrived in Japan with just over two weeks to go until the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. President Bach flew to Tokyo on a scheduled flight from Frankfurt, Germany, fully vaccinated and, just like all Games participants, he will follow the Playbook guidelines to ensure that the Games are safe and secure this summer. As per the rules, President Bach took the obligatory COVID-19 test at Haneda Airport and waited there for his negative test result before travelling to his hotel.
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