IOC postpones 2022 Youth Olympics, says committed to hosting Tokyo Games in 2021
4 years, 5 months ago

IOC postpones 2022 Youth Olympics, says committed to hosting Tokyo Games in 2021

Hindustan Times  

he International Olympic Committee has postponed the 2022 Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Senegal by one full-cycle i.e. IOC/Greg Martin/Handout via REUTERS The IOC chief Thomas Bach accepted a proposal by Senegal president Macky Sall to postpone the Youth Olympic Games and the IOC Executive Board, which met online on Wednesday afternoon, gave the move its approval so as to allow more spacing out of events and better planning. “The postponement of Dakar 2022 allows the IOC, the National Olympic Committees and the International Federations to better plan their activities, which have been strongly affected by the postponement of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, by the subsequent postponements of major international sports events, and by the operational and financial consequences of the global health crisis,” Bach said in a teleconference following the EB meeting. Bach said that one of the main reason for rescheduling the 2022 Youth Olympics was the proliferation of major Olympics and international events within a three year period due to the postponement of Tokyo Olympic Games to 2021 due to the Novel Coronavirus pandemic. Because of rescheduling of Tokyo 2020, major events like World Athletics Championships, World Swimming Championships and European Games too have to be moved around, thus pushing them all into a period during which IOC is also scheduled to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in China and the next Olympics in 2024 in Paris.

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Hockey, shooting, weightlifting missing in 2026 Youth Olympics programme
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Hockey, shooting, weightlifting missing in 2026 Youth Olympics programme

The Hindu  

In a big blow to India’s medal prospects, the executive board of the International Olympic Committee has dropped shooting, weightlifting and hockey from the roster of medal sports for the much-delayed 2026 Youth Olympics in Dakar, Senegal. Shooting, weightlifting and hockey have been named among 10 non-medal sports, which will be part of the “engagement programme” in the YOG. In …

Big blow to India as shooting, hockey out of 2026 Youth Olympics
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Big blow to India as shooting, hockey out of 2026 Youth Olympics

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: In a significant setback to India’s medal prospects, the International Olympic Committee executive board has removed shooting, weightlifting, and hockey from the roster of medal sports for the much-anticipated 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Senegal. Dakar 2026 will feature one discipline from each of the 25 medal sports, which include athletics, aquatics, archery, badminton, baseball, basketball, boxing, …

India should soon have its first Olympics sponsor, a sign of the country’s growing Games influence
4 months, 2 weeks ago

India should soon have its first Olympics sponsor, a sign of the country’s growing Games influence

Associated Press  

PARIS — The International Olympic Committee expects to add an Indian sponsor soon in a sign of the country’s growing influence over the Olympics during a bid to host the 2036 Summer Games. “We would love to welcome a first new TOP sponsor from India and I am sure that this is going to happen very, very soon,” Anne-Sophie Voumard, …

Prime Minister Modi says India will bid for 2036 Olympics
1 year, 2 months ago

Prime Minister Modi says India will bid for 2036 Olympics

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has confirmed the world’s most populous nation will bid to host the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the International Olympic Committee session in Mumbai on Saturday, Modi said hosting the event is “the age-old dream” for India. I am sure India will get constant support from …

India to bid for 2036 Olympics as IOC censures ‘politicisation of sport’
1 year, 2 months ago

India to bid for 2036 Olympics as IOC censures ‘politicisation of sport’

Al Jazeera  

The IOC has warned against excluding athletes and teams for political reasons amid ‘growing politicisation of sport’. The “growing politicisation of sport” was flagged as a problem by IOC member Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic on Sunday in an update to global sports leaders about countries who want to host the games in future. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the IOC session …

IOC Session 2023: PM Narendra Modi confirms India's potential bid to host 2036 Olympics
1 year, 2 months ago

IOC Session 2023: PM Narendra Modi confirms India's potential bid to host 2036 Olympics

India TV News  

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi confirmed the country's potential bid to host the 2036 Olympic games during the opening ceremony of the IOC Session 2023 on Saturday, October 14. Modi inaugurated the 141st IOC Session in Mumbai and revealed the government's full support behind India's bid to host the first-ever Olympic games. Modi confirmed India's bid to host the Olympics …

IOC eager to double award 2030-2034 Winter Games due to climate change threat
1 year, 2 months ago

IOC eager to double award 2030-2034 Winter Games due to climate change threat

The Hindu  

The International Olympic Committee executive board on Friday approved a proposal to pursue a double allocation of two successive Winter Games in 2030 and 2034 due to concerns over the threat of climate change on snow sports. By 2040 only 10 nations would be able to host the snow sports of the Olympic Winter and Paralympic Games, according to preliminary …

India looking to host 2036 Olympics, 2026 Commonwealth Games not on radar: Anurag Thakur
1 year, 4 months ago

India looking to host 2036 Olympics, 2026 Commonwealth Games not on radar: Anurag Thakur

The Hindu  

The Indian government has reiterated its desire to host the Olympics while the 2026 Commonwealth Games remain out of the radar at the moment. The 2036 edition is what we are looking at, the way India is growing as an economy and our clout is growing in every field,” Sports Minister Anurag Thakur told Sportstar in an interaction with select …

Explainer- Tokyo Olympics scandal: What happened?
1 year, 8 months ago

Explainer- Tokyo Olympics scandal: What happened?

The Hindu  

The pandemic-postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics were unusual, and controversial, for a number of reasons. Several allegations centre around former Tokyo 2020 board member Haruyuki Takahashi, who has been arrested on claims he pocketed hundreds of millions of yen in sponsorship bribes. In 2019, the then-head of Japan’s Olympic Committee, Tsunekazu Takeda, stepped down after French prosecutors launched an investigation into …

Olympic officials talk with 10 bidders for 2036 Summer Games
2 years, 2 months ago

Olympic officials talk with 10 bidders for 2036 Summer Games

Associated Press  

SEOUL, South Korea — The IOC is in talks with 10 potential candidates to host a future Summer Games, the global group of national Olympic leaders was told Thursday. “We are currently working with 10 interested NOCs and regions across four continents,” International Olympic Committee director general Christophe de Kepper said at the Association of National Olympic Committees meeting in …

Tokyo Olympic aftermath still being untangled a year later
2 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympic aftermath still being untangled a year later

Firstpost  

As a final act before legally dissolving the organising committee on 30 June, president Seiko Hashimoto and CEO Toshiro Muto said the price tag for the Tokyo Games was $13 billion — almost 60 per cent public money. Organisers said the Games would drive tourism, showcase Japan’s technological prowess, and create memories similar to the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. “I think …

Tokyo Olympic aftermath still being untangled a year later
2 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympic aftermath still being untangled a year later

Associated Press  

TOKYO — The Tokyo Olympics survived the COVID-19 postponement, soaring expenses and some public opposition. Organizers said the Games would drive tourism, showcase Japan’s technological prowess, and create memories similar to the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. “I think what the Games meant more than anything else was simply not having to deal with a cancellation,” David Leheny, a political scientist at …

Tokyo Olympic aftermath still being untangled a year later
2 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympic aftermath still being untangled a year later

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Organizers said the Games would drive tourism, showcase Japan's …

$13 billion cost for COVID-delayed Tokyo Olympics is double the original estimate
2 years, 6 months ago

$13 billion cost for COVID-delayed Tokyo Olympics is double the original estimate

LA Times  

U.S. skateboarder Jake Ilardi competes in the men’s street prelims during the Tokyo Olympic Games. The final price tag for last year’s COVID-delayed Tokyo Olympics was put at $13 billion, the organizing committee said Tuesday in its final act before it is dissolved at the end of the month. Olympics 2020 Tokyo Olympics: Complete coverage from 29th Summer Games News, …

Asian Games Postponement Gives Us More Time to Prepare like Tokyo Olympics: Savita Punia
2 years, 6 months ago

Asian Games Postponement Gives Us More Time to Prepare like Tokyo Olympics: Savita Punia

News 18  

Indian women’s hockey team goalkeeper and captain Savita is taking the postponement of the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou as an opportunity to train harder for the quadrennial showpiece continental event, quite like the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, which too were postponed by a year. The one-year postponement for the Olympics gave us significant time to improve and, personally for …

Hangzhou Asian Games postponed until 2023 due to Covid-19 crisis
2 years, 7 months ago

Hangzhou Asian Games postponed until 2023 due to Covid-19 crisis

India Today  

The Asian Games 2022, which were scheduled to be held in September in the Chinese city of Hangzhou, has been postponed until 2023 due to Covid-19 pandemic. "Following detailed discussions with the Chinese Olympic Committee and the Hangzhou Asian Games Organising Committee, the OCA Executive Board today decided to postpone the 19th Asian Games, which were scheduled to be held …

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: Olympic chiefs urge participants to be 'extra vigilant'
2 years, 11 months ago

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: Olympic chiefs urge participants to be 'extra vigilant'

Firstpost  

As at the Tokyo Summer Olympics, postponed by a year to 2021, the IOC will bid to reach a balance between health and safety and sporting fairness. Lausanne, Switzerland: Olympic chiefs on Wednesday urged all participants at next month’s Winter Games in Beijing to be “extra vigilant” as Covid-19 infections hit unprecedented case levels in several countries. Everything is on …

Asian Youth Games in China postponed to 2022 due to COVID
3 years, 3 months ago

Asian Youth Games in China postponed to 2022 due to COVID

The Hindu  

The Asian Youth Games, organised by the Olympic Council of Asia, have been postponed to December 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, local authorities said on Wednesday. The statement did not offer details on the reasons behind the delay, but said the decision came after in-depth discussions among the Olympic Council of Asia, the Chinese Olympic Committee and a local …

Historic Olympics come to a remarkable end at Tokyo 2020 amid coronavirus
3 years, 4 months ago

Historic Olympics come to a remarkable end at Tokyo 2020 amid coronavirus

The Hindu  

The Tokyo Olympics, held during a raging pandemic, drew the curtains down on Sunday. Scores of people gathered around the Tokyo Olympic Stadium hours before the closing ceremony to witness the spectacle from the perimeters. On the other side of the road, under the magnificent wooden roof of the stadium, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach thanked the Japanese authorities …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: 'Most challenging' Summer Games declared closed – Firstpost
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: 'Most challenging' Summer Games declared closed – Firstpost

Firstpost  

It marked a low-key end to an extraordinary Olympics that have mostly played out in empty venues with only athletes, team officials and media present. The Tokyo 2020 Games were declared closed by IOC chief Thomas Bach on Sunday, ending the “most challenging Olympic journey” after a year’s pandemic delay and threats of cancellation. Bach called them “unprecedented Olympic Games” …

Tokyo Olympics 2020 Closing Ceremony Highlights: IOC chief Thomas Bach declares 32nd Olympics closed
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020 Closing Ceremony Highlights: IOC chief Thomas Bach declares 32nd Olympics closed

Firstpost  

6:35 PM Whatsapp Facebook Twitter Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee head Hashimoto Seiko takes the stage now… She starts off by giving tribute to the people who made Toko 2020 Games possible. Full text of speech: “In the presence of His Imperial Highness Prince Akishino, I hereby extend my greetings to you at the closing of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. …

Tokyo Olympics 2020 comes to an end with fittingly strange, poignant closing ceremony
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020 comes to an end with fittingly strange, poignant closing ceremony

The Telegraph  

Bach can be insufferably grandiose at times, but his core message about the electrifying power of sport was hard to dispute. And while you may not have heard the roar of the crowd in Tokyo, every one of you has given us a reason to cheer back home – in living rooms, pubs, parks and offices across the land.” The …

Olympics: Tokyo 2020 Games all set to begin after year's delay amid protests, Covid-19 pandemic
3 years, 5 months ago

Olympics: Tokyo 2020 Games all set to begin after year's delay amid protests, Covid-19 pandemic

India Today  

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics is all set to get underway in Japan's capital city on Friday morning with a scaled-down opening ceremony due to the Covid-19 restrictions A year's wait is finally going to end for sports fans all across the world but the nervousness and anxiety levels will still be very high as Tokyo 2020 kicks-off amid protests and …

Op-Ed: Tokyo’s Olympics have turned nightmarish. L.A., are you watching?
3 years, 5 months ago

Op-Ed: Tokyo’s Olympics have turned nightmarish. L.A., are you watching?

LA Times  

Athletes are testing positive for the coronavirus, fans aren’t welcome, the Japanese are unhappy — but the powerbrokers insist the Games must go own. In May, as public opinion against the Tokyo Olympics surged along with COVID-19 cases in Japan, International Olympic Committee spokesperson Mark Adams uttered what could be the nine most terrifying words in the Olympic lexicon: “We …

Tokyo Olympics 2020 India Schedule: Events, dates, time, fixtures, athletes, details and all you need to know
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020 India Schedule: Events, dates, time, fixtures, athletes, details and all you need to know

Firstpost  

Here’s the India schedule for the Tokyo Olympics 2020 to know everything related to events of Indian athletes Tokyo Olympics 2020 is just two days away. The Olympics will begin on 23 July and will go on till 8 August. The Games, which has been delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic by a year, will see a record 120 Indian …

Brisbane picked to host 2032 Olympics without a rival bid
3 years, 5 months ago

Brisbane picked to host 2032 Olympics without a rival bid

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Brisbane was picked Wednesday to host the 2032 Olympics, the inevitable winner of a one-city race steered by the IOC to avoid rival bids. The city of Brisbane sent Mayor Adrian Schrinner, the state of Queensland sent Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Australia’s federal government sent sports minister Richard Colbeck to woo Olympic voters. They were joined by long-time …

Tokyo 2020: Indian athletes battling Covid-19 scare and Olympics pressure at the Games village
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo 2020: Indian athletes battling Covid-19 scare and Olympics pressure at the Games village

India Today  

The pandemic-postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics is set to get underway from Friday in what the head of the World Health Organization said was needed as ‘a celebration of hope’. Rising Covid-19 cases in host city Tokyo have cast a shadow over the world's largest sporting event, which is taking place largely without spectators. Olympics and Japanese officials have forged on …

Tokyo Olympics organising committee chief Toshiro Muto does not rule out last minute cancellation of Games
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics organising committee chief Toshiro Muto does not rule out last minute cancellation of Games

India Today  

The head of the organising committee for the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday did not rule out a last-minute cancellation of the global sporting showpiece, amid rising coronavirus cases that have presented organisers with mounting challenges. Asked at a news conference if the Games, which are due to open on Friday, might still be cancelled, Toshiro Muto said he would keep …

Tokyo Olympics: WHO Chief Says All Must Play Part to Beat COVID-19
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: WHO Chief Says All Must Play Part to Beat COVID-19

News 18  

World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a Tokyo Olympics Twitter message on Tuesday that COVID-19 can be defeated if all play their part. “Glad to be in Japan to address the International Olympics Committee,” Tedros said in his tweet. “May these Tokyo 2020 Olympics be a source of hope and unity to achieve vaccine equity and end …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Inside the herculean and loss-making task that is hosting the Summer Games
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Inside the herculean and loss-making task that is hosting the Summer Games

Firstpost  

Summer Olympics, a quadrennial event, is the grandest sporting spectacle in the world. The Olympics are the biggest sporting extravaganza in the world: a competition where dreams are fulfilled and shattered, a quadrennial event that catches everyone’s frenzy. Despite the attention, they get with packed stadiums and billions of transfixed audiences across the world, they’ve never made financial sense. This …

Tokyo 2020 Olympics: FIH CEO hopes COVID cases don't disrupt competition
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo 2020 Olympics: FIH CEO hopes COVID cases don't disrupt competition

The Hindu  

Coronavirus cases have been increasing at a rapid pace in Japan, leading to mounting concerns ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. And in the rare event that both finalists are unable to play in the summit clash due to COVID-19 cases in their teams, then they will both be awarded the gold medal. Thierry Weil, CEO of the International Hockey Federation, …

Tokyo Olympics 2021: Bach confident of sporting success despite pandemic
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2021: Bach confident of sporting success despite pandemic

The Hindu  

The postponed Tokyo Olympic Games will create new "stars and legends" despite a one-year delay, fragmented preparations and the absence of fans in the stadiums, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on Wednesday. As cases rose, the government declared a new state of emergency for Tokyo and surrounding prefectures last week and Olympics organisers announced no fans would be …

Tokyo Olympics: No bronze medal match in hockey if one finalist forced out due to COVID
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: No bronze medal match in hockey if one finalist forced out due to COVID

The Hindu  

The losing semifinalists in hockey may get a shot at Olympic gold in the Tokyo Games if one of the finalists is forced out because of COVID-19 as the afflicted side's last-four stage opponent would then be elevated to the summit clash. The SSR has been developed jointly by International Olympic Committee and the International Federations to determine the impact …

Tokyo Olympics 2020 will be held without fans - Games minister
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020 will be held without fans - Games minister

The Hindu  

Fans were banned from the pandemic-postponed Tokyo Olympics which will open in two weeks, following a state of emergency on Thursday, Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa told the Japanese news agency Kyodo. Fans from aboard were banned months ago, and the new measures announced by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will clear venues around Tokyo — indoor and outdoor — of …

Tokyo Olympics: Sports Authority of India DG firms up COVID-19 contingency plan for Games
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Sports Authority of India DG firms up COVID-19 contingency plan for Games

The Hindu  

Additional accommodation is being booked in Tokyo to meet quarantine requirements of the country's Olympic delegation in case any of them tests positive for COVID-19 during the Games, Sports Authority of India Director General Sandip Pradhan has said. READ : Indians in Tokyo Olympics: List of 120 athletes who have qualified so far Pradhan said that his expections from the …

Tokyo Olympics: Contingencies put in place in case of emergency during Games, says SAI director general
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Contingencies put in place in case of emergency during Games, says SAI director general

India Today  

Additional accommodation is being booked in Tokyo to meet quarantine requirements of the country's Olympic delegation in case any of them tests positive for COVID-19 during the Games, Sports Authority of India Director General Sandip Pradhan has said. Asked about his expectations from the country's athletes in the Tokyo Games, he said: "My expectations can't be different from what the …

Tokyo Olympics: Japan declares emergency in Tokyo due to Covid-19, 2 weeks ahead of the Games
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Japan declares emergency in Tokyo due to Covid-19, 2 weeks ahead of the Games

India Today  

In a big jolt to Olympic preparations, the Japanese government on Wednesday imposed a state of emergency to contain Covid-19 infections, 16 days before the Games get underway. Tokyo Olympics: Full Coverage The Tokyo metropolitan government reported 920 new coronavirus cases on July 7, according to Kyodo. Decision on possible spectator ban likely by Friday Even as voice of opposition …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: First batch of Indian athletes to depart for Japan on 14 July, says IOA's Rajeev Mehta
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: First batch of Indian athletes to depart for Japan on 14 July, says IOA's Rajeev Mehta

Firstpost  

Mehta further informed that the rest of the contingent will travel between 16 and 19 July. Chennai: Indian Olympic Association Secretary General Rajeev Mehta on Saturday said first batch of the country’s Tokyo-bound Olympic athletes will leave by an Air India chartered flight on 14 July. After quarantine, we can move around,” the IOA official said at an event organised …

Tokyo Olympics: IOC gives athletes more scope for protest
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: IOC gives athletes more scope for protest

The Hindu  

The IOC finally relented on Friday to let Olympic athletes make gestures of protest in their field of play at the Tokyo Games. The latest guidance appears to let athletes copy the iconic Black Power raised fist gestures of American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. READ: Tokyo 2020 Olympics Complete Schedule of Games …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Summer Games golf a bigger stage, priority for women
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Summer Games golf a bigger stage, priority for women

Firstpost  

For Rio de Janeiro, the top four players in the world stayed home. For Tokyo, there wasn’t even room for for Nos 7, 8 and 9 — Cantlay, Brooks Koepka and Patrick Reed. No one really asked Cantlay for his outlook on the Olympics even as he returned to the top 10 in the world by winning the Memorial for …

Stars to be missed at Tokyo 2020
3 years, 6 months ago

Stars to be missed at Tokyo 2020

China Daily  

China's Lin Dan taps his racket after winning his first-round match against Vietnam's Nguyen Tien Minh at the world championships in Basel, Switzerland. Postponing the Tokyo Olympic Games by one year has impacted athletes' preparations, especially for veterans who were planning to retire after Tokyo 2020 last year. Chinese badminton legend Lin Dan, who had attempted to make his fifth …

1.5 Lakh Condoms to Be Distributed to Athletes at Tokyo Olympics Amid Covid-19 Pandemic
3 years, 6 months ago

1.5 Lakh Condoms to Be Distributed to Athletes at Tokyo Olympics Amid Covid-19 Pandemic

News 18  

After a delay of one year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics will finally commence from July 23, roughly a month from now. The grievances that have been raised by the athletes revolve around the condition of beds at the Olympics games village and distribution of condoms amidst a global pandemic. Although many facilities like separate dining areas, …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Poor communication led to growing concerns over Games, says ex-IOC marketing chief Michael Payne
3 years, 6 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Poor communication led to growing concerns over Games, says ex-IOC marketing chief Michael Payne

Firstpost  

Michael Payne believes the Japanese people are not against hosting the Olympics, and they are more worried about the timing of it. It is more, he says, that they are “nervous about the timing.” Payne puts this down to poor communication, which he says reflects a global malaise of “communications management” by governments across the world since the COVID-19 pandemic …

Olympics: ‘We cannot postpone again,’ Tokyo 2020 boss says of COVID gloom
3 years, 6 months ago

Olympics: ‘We cannot postpone again,’ Tokyo 2020 boss says of COVID gloom

The Hindu  

The head of Japan’s Olympics organising committee ruled out on Thursday another suspension of the Games, despite deep disquiet at the prospect of thousands of athletes and officials arriving during a fourth wave of COVID-19 infections. However, organising committee president Seiko Hashimoto countered the gloom, telling the Nikkan Sports newspaper: “We cannot postpone again.” Hashimoto, who competed in seven summer …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: IOC sets up vaccine hubs in Qatar, Rwanda for Japan-bound athletes
3 years, 6 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: IOC sets up vaccine hubs in Qatar, Rwanda for Japan-bound athletes

Firstpost  

The two centres will use the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for athletes who have been unable to get vaccinated in their home countries, said the IOC, adding that it was ready to help with travel costs when necessary. Lausanne: Olympic and Paralympic athletes not yet vaccinated against COVID-19 will be able to use special facilities set up in Qatar and Rwanda, the …

Yes. Tokyo Olympics are ‘a go’ despite opposition, pandemic
3 years, 6 months ago

Yes. Tokyo Olympics are ‘a go’ despite opposition, pandemic

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Will the postponed Tokyo Olympics open despite rising opposition and the pandemic? These factors have overridden scathing criticism from medical bodies that fear the Olympics may spread COVID-19 variants, and a call for cancellation from Asahi Shimbun, a games’ sponsor and the country’s second-largest selling newspaper. Last week in a commentary, the New England Journal of Medicine said …

Despite questions of uncertainty still surrounding the Tokyo Games, it's highly likely they will go on
3 years, 6 months ago

Despite questions of uncertainty still surrounding the Tokyo Games, it's highly likely they will go on

ABC  

If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me since March last year whether the Tokyo Olympics were going to go ahead, I'd probably have about $93, give or take. The president of the IOC, Thomas Bach, this week said that "everyone in the Olympic community has to make sacrifices" for the Games to go ahead, while vice-president, …

Olympics-Japan looks to extend COVID-19 states of emergency ahead of Games
3 years, 6 months ago

Olympics-Japan looks to extend COVID-19 states of emergency ahead of Games

Hindustan Times  

Japan is looking to extend a state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas by about three weeks to June 20, a cabinet minister said on Friday, as the COVID-19 pandemic shows no signs of easing less than two months before the Summer Olympics open. IOC Vice President John Coates, who oversees the preparations, said last week the Games were …

Olympics: 'Absurd' to stage Tokyo Games, says professor of public health
3 years, 6 months ago

Olympics: 'Absurd' to stage Tokyo Games, says professor of public health

The Hindu  

A professor of public health and adviser to the New Zealand government said on Tuesday there was no justification for holding the Tokyo Olympics during a pandemic, and to go ahead would be 'absurd' and cost lives. Otago University professor Michael Baker, who specialises in epidemiology and has worked on a COVID-19 Technical Advisory Group for the Ministry of Health, …

Tokyo Olympics 2021: Scientist demands July competition is CANCELLED
3 years, 6 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2021: Scientist demands July competition is CANCELLED

Daily Mail  

A scientist on Independent Sage has called for the cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics while the world fights the 'extremely dangerous' coronavirus, as British Olympics chiefs today insisted that Team GB will still attend the July sports competition despite US advice not to travel to Japan. Pictured is a medic going behind an isolation screen at Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical …

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