Foreign media: the International Olympic Committee will hold a meeting to discuss matters such as the Olympic qualification

On the 12th, Beijing time, the president of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, the Greek President Pavlopoulos, and the President of the Greek Olympic Committee Kaplanos (from left to right) arrived at the scene before the Olympic flame gathering ceremony.

China News Service, March 16. According to Agence France-Presse, Bach will host a conference call on Tuesday to focus on the Tokyo Olympic qualifiers and eligibility issues.

Agence France-Presse said that the conference call will be held on Tuesday afternoon local time, the purpose is to let the International Federation in charge of various sports events, as well as national Olympic committees, athletes, to understand the specific developments.

Speaking on the content of the meeting, a source from an international federation said that in order to deal with the threat of the new coronavirus, the International Olympic Committee will "evaluate the measures taken" and "the relevant groups will The opportunity to ask your own question. "

Due to the effects of the new coronavirus, many important events have been suspended or postponed. Nevertheless, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a commitment last week that the Tokyo Olympics will be held as scheduled in July.

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On Thursday, IOC President Bach stated that the IOC will follow the recommendations of the World Health Organization to decide whether to cancel or postpone the Tokyo Olympics. At the same time, he also acknowledged that due to the virus, some preliminaries or qualifying events related to the Olympic Games have been "seriously affected".

Regarding the qualifiers and eligibility issues, this should be the focus of discussions on the conference call on Tuesday.

Currently, many international organizations related to the qualifiers are still waiting for the latest notice. At the beginning of March this year, IOC President Bach stated that the IOC will give a "flexible response plan" to the question of eligibility, and Bach also encouraged that "all athletes should continue to prepare for the Olympic Games. ." (Finish)