Thomas Barr hopes athletes ‘pretty much not leave’ Olympic village

Olympian Thomas Barr launches the Irish Life Health Family Mile Challenge, taking place on June 26/27. Picture: Sam Barnes

Thomas Barr admits he has concerns that the Olympics will be “imposing” on ordinary Japanese people when it takes place in Tokyo this summer.

The 400m hurdler is living in what is effectively an athletic bubble as he travels from country to country competing pre-Games but he understands the fears Tokyo residents have about medical resources being diverted to “a load of foreigners essentially”.