IOC Chairman Bach and Tokyo Convention Organizing Committee Chairman Mori meet "Confidence in success" November 16th, 18:03
A joint press conference between IOC = Chairman of the International Olympic Committee Bach and Chairman Mori of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games has begun, and President Bach said, "I am confident of the success of the Olympic Games nine months later. I have. "
IOC Chairman Bach, who came to Japan on the 15th, held a press conference jointly with Chairman Mori of the Games Organizing Committee after 5:30 pm after having a meeting with Prime Minister Suga and Governor Koike of Tokyo on the 16th. I attended.
Chairman Mori, who said at the beginning, said, "It has been seven years since the Tokyo tournament was decided to be held and Bach was appointed as chairman, and next year's tournament will be a tournament that will bring Bach's vision to fruition. We have continued to simplify the process. We would like to continue to deepen the bond between the IOC and the Organizing Committee. "
In a question and answer session after this, Chairman Bach said about the tournament that was postponed to next year, "People in the world are worried about what will happen to tomorrow's life and what will happen one month later, but next year's Tokyo tournament "We want to make it the light at the end of the tunnel now," he said. "We have a lot of coronavirus countermeasures. More advanced testing methods are available and vaccines are available." There is a possibility that we can do it. We are confident in the success of the Olympics in nine months. "