China News Service, May 15 (BBC) reported that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will allocate $ 800 million to help deal with the "serious" financial impact on the parties involved due to the delay of the Tokyo Olympics.
Due to the spread of the new coronavirus epidemic, the Olympics originally planned for the summer of 2020 will be postponed for one year. According to reports, the 800 million US dollars allocated by the International Olympic Committee will be divided into two parts. Among them, 650 million US dollars will be used as an extra event organization cost caused by the delay of the Tokyo Olympics.
Data Map: On the evening of March 30 local time, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee announced that the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will open on July 23 and August 24, 2021, respectively. The picture shows the restart of the Olympic countdown card on the streets of Tokyo.
In addition, US $ 150 million will be used as support for the Olympic Games to be provided to the International Sports Federation and the National Olympic Committee with cash flow problems to support these organizations to continue their work and support athletes.
Asked if the new Olympic pneumonia vaccine was not developed before the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, the question of whether the Tokyo Olympics will be further postponed or canceled, IOC President Bach declined to speculate. He said: "We still have one year and two months, so it is too early to draw any conclusions."
Olympics executive director Christophe Dubi said that although the management of competition venues, athlete villages, media facilities and hotel safety is "extremely difficult," the work "goes well."