China News Agency, Beijing, April 1st. The International Olympic Committee, Tokyo Olympics Organizing Committee, and the Japanese government jointly announced on March 30th that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics forced to be delayed due to the new crown pneumonia epidemic will be held from July 23 to 8, 2021. Held on the 8th. Subsequently, a number of international sports organizations expressed their support for the new date of the Tokyo Olympics.
The World Athletics Federation has posted on the official website that this date will provide track and field athletes with the training and competition time they need, and said that it will be scheduled to be held in Eugene, Oregon, USA from August 6th to 15th, 2021. The track and field world championships will be postponed to 2022, thus giving way to a new date for the Tokyo Olympics.
The FINA also issued a statement welcoming the announcement of the date of the new Olympic Games in Tokyo. FINA President Maglioni said that the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee responded efficiently and professionally when the Olympic Games faced unprecedented demand for rescheduling. "Knowing the dates clearly will be of great help to all event organizations and athletes."
The FINA also stated that it will discuss with the Organizing Committee of the 2021 Swimming World Championships how to modify the date of this competition. The event was originally planned to be held in Fukuoka, Japan from July 16 to August 1 next year.
The president of the International Gymnastics Federation Moribe Watanabe expressed his gratitude to the Tokyo Olympics for "fast-fixing" after the delay was determined. "This news will allow us to better deal with the follow-up related issues caused by the postponement of the Tokyo Olympic Games in the next year. The first thing to be resolved is the Olympic qualifications that have not yet been assigned."
He also said that the International Gymnastics Federation will respect the existing Tokyo Olympic qualification system to ensure that once the global crisis of the new crown pneumonia epidemic has passed, those competitions that have been postponed will be continued.
The International Shooting Sports Federation issued a statement saying that it supports the new hosting time of the Tokyo Olympic Games as determined by the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee, confirms that the Olympic seats it has obtained are valid, and explained issues such as the subsequent Olympic qualification allocation.
The ITTF President Thomas Vickert said that the 33 summer Olympic sports single organizations unanimously support the new Olympic date selected by the Olympic Committee, which further shows that in this difficult period, we must unite to overcome the difficulties. The ITTF said that it will also make corresponding adjustments to the Olympic qualification.
The World Badminton Federation stated that it is aware of the need to reschedule the World Championships in 2021, which is scheduled to take place in August, and is currently discussing with host Spain suitable alternatives. In addition, in view of the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, it was decided to "freeze" the world ranking and the world youth ranking until further notice. (Finish)