Tokyo Olympics 2020 CEO denounces cancellation claim
Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto on Thursday denounced claims that the International Olympic Council (IOC) may have the Olympic Games cancelled if it isn’t held in 2021.
In an interview with the BBC earlier, IOC President Thomas Bach mentioned that the Games could be cancelled if the coronavirus can’t be managed subsequent yr.
“You cannot every year change the entire sports schedule worldwide of all the major federations. You cannot have the athletes being in uncertainty,” Bach mentioned.
That truly echoed the view of Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori, who instructed Japan Nikkan Sports Daily final month when he was requested the identical query. “In that case, it’s cancelled,” Mori mentioned.
But Muto instructed reporters in an internet information convention that there isn’t any “common understanding” between the IOC and Tokyo 2020 about cancelling the Games past 2021, experiences Xinhua information company.
“Mr. Mori was trying to say is that we should have the mentality to prepare the Games so that it can take place next year,” Muto mentioned.
“I don’t think they have a common understanding about cancelling the Games.”
Asked if the Games could possibly be held behind closed doorways, Muto mentioned, “We have more than one year until the Games, it is too early to have such discussion.”
“We need to carry out measures to fight COVID-19,” he mentioned. “However, we don’t believe it is the time to answer specific questions related to countermeasures.”
In the interview, Bach mentioned staging the Games with out followers is simply “speculation”.
“This is not what we want,” Bach mentioned. “Because the Olympic spirit is about additionally uniting the followers and that is what makes the Games so distinctive that they are in an Olympic Stadium, all of the followers from everywhere in the world are collectively.
“But when it then would come to the decision… I would ask you to give me some more time for consultation with the athletes, with the World Health Organisation, with the Japanese partners.”
The Olympic Games was postponed by one yr and can be held from July 23 to August 8, 2021.
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