Chinanews.net Client, March 29th. The local Olympic Committee issued information through social media on the 28th local time. The president of the International Olympic Committee, Bach, said that those who have already qualified for the Olympic Games will continue to retain their qualifications for the Olympic Games.
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Bach said, "It is clear that those athletes who have already qualified for the Tokyo Olympics will continue to retain their qualifications. After negotiations with Japan, although the Tokyo Olympics were postponed, they are still the 32nd Olympics."
According to the previous plan, the Tokyo Olympics was originally scheduled to open on July 24 this year. Earlier, the International Olympic Games and the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee issued a joint statement that the Tokyo Olympics will be held after 2020, but no later than the summer of 2021.
At present, the specific time after the Tokyo Olympic Games is postponed has not been determined. According to previous news from the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee's website, the Tokyo Olympics Extension Task Force has held its first meeting. The goal of the Task Force is to determine the date of the Olympic Games in 2021 as soon as possible.
According to Japan ’s Kyodo News Agency, the plan to open the Tokyo Olympics in July next year was the most powerful one around the Tokyo Olympics schedule that was first decided to be postponed in the history of the Olympics due to the spread of a new type of coronary pneumonia. According to analysis, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee, the International Olympic Committee, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and other relevant parties will start the final coordination. Holding the Olympic Games at the same time next year can reduce changes in specific competition schedules, etc., and try to ensure a longer time to calm the epidemic. (Finish)