The Olympics were also tightened by Corona, postponed until next year

The Olympics were also tightened by Corona, postponed until next year

The Olympics were also rocked by Corona, the games were postponed until next year due to virus devastation, announced on Tuesday after the IOC Chief Thomas Bach's telephonic meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shenzo Abe. The OC spokesperson said that the competitions could be held in the Summer of 2021 next year, but the title 'Olympics and Paralympics Tokyo 2020' will be retained, Olympic flame will remain in Japan.

Under the current program, due to the outbreak of the Corona virus, these competitions are not conducive, before the IOC was under intense pressure to suspend the Games, now in view of the worsening situation around the world. It was a difficult decision to postpone, for the first time in the 124-year history of the modern Olympics when the Olympics Games were postponed or postponed; the IOC and the Japanese government had been holding consultations for a month before the final decision was made. "The current crisis situation," a joint statement issued by the Olympics and Tokyo Organizing Committee said. The Tokyo Olympics Games will be rescheduled, but it will not be delayed until the summer of 2021.

Our goal is to ensure the health and safety of all athletes, including the Olympic Games and the international community, the Olympic Torch will remain with Japan and the title of the Games will be retained only for the Olympics and the Paralympics Tokyo 2020. Former IOC board Member Dick Pound said that the World Body-based Olympic Games in Switzerland has been proposed for a year, Tuesday morning the number of Corona virus infected reached millions and so far from the fatal epidemic of 16,500. There have been more casualties.

Canada and Australia have already announced not to send their troops to Tokyo for the Olympics Games, Britain has also confirmed not to participate in the Games, British Olympic Association chairman Hog ​​Robertson said if the Tokyo Games were postponed. Unlike in Canada and Australia, we will not send our team to the Games. In the present case, we do not consider our athletes ready for the Games, after the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee meet with the athletes. There was a demand to defer, organizing Paris 2024 Olympics ATI chief Tony Eisenhutt also had a clear opinion, saying that sports are not our priority in the current situation, the most important thing right now is to get people's health and to think about how sports around the world showcase international solidarity. Can play a role in this.

Last day, World Athletics also announced its intention to postpone its championship by 2021, an event scheduled for August 6 this year from August 15 to 15. In the peace days, the Olympics were never postponed or canceled. The post-war 1940 Olympics was also scheduled to be held in Tokyo by accident.