Olympic flag holders gender pairs also possible 13:17 on March 5 from the Tokyo Games
The IOC = International Olympic Committee has changed the rules so that gender equality is emphasized, so that men and women can use the summer Olympics flag, which used to be one person in each country and region, from the Tokyo Games.
After the IOC's board meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland until the 4th, President Bach held a press conference.
At the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics, athletes from each country and region will be able to serve as gender equality with respect to gender equality, assuming emphasis on gender equality with respect to flagners raising flags etc. Clarified that the rules were changed.
President Bach called for the use of new rules at the Tokyo Olympics, and predicted that women's participation would rise to a record 48.8%, stating that "the Tokyo Games will be the first ever Olympic Games for Gender Equality." Was.
At the Tokyo Games, we decided to allow at least one man and woman from each of the 206 participating countries and territories, as well as the refugee delegations, and would give additional quotas if that was not possible.