Tokyo Olympics October is an important time to decide whether to hold IOC Coates May 22 19:08
Coats Coordinating Chairman of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said the October Olympics, which were postponed to next year due to the new coronavirus, will be an important time to decide whether or not it can be held. It was.
Coordination Chairman Coates, who oversees the Tokyo Olympics' readiness at the IOC, attended a meeting held on the Internet by an Australian media company on the 21st, and the Tokyo Olympics were postponed for one year due to the influence of the new coronavirus. I said about.
"In the meantime, we are facing a major problem. We cannot postpone it again, and we must assume that there will be no vaccine, or if there is enough, it will not reach the whole world." "The end of the infection and the development of vaccines are a major challenge for the event."
Then, `` If there are signs of containment by October this year, we will start considering various scenarios for hosting the tournament, '' and at an important time to determine whether October can hold the Tokyo tournament. I showed you that.
In addition, the Coords Coordinating Committee Chair will need to consider various issues such as isolation of athletes and athlete villages and restriction of spectators' entry to the competition venue as a countermeasure against infection when holding, and it is completely unprecedented. Imagine that it could be a different form of Olympics.