Nearly 10K Volunteers Have Bailed On Olympic Games

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With 50 days remaining until the 2021 Olympic Games are set to open in Tokyo, a significant percentage of the Games' volunteer workforce has already bowed out.

As reported by the Associated Press, nearly 10,000 of the 80,000 unpaid volunteers lined up to work the Games have told organizers they will not report for the July 23 opening, presenting another hurdle to the staging of an event already delayed by the pandemic. Organizers insist the Games will go on regardless.

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