Tag: Tokyo 2020
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Charlotte Native Paralympic Swimmer Reacts to Tokyo Games Being Postponed
This Charlotte native has been swimming most of his life and up until last week, he was training to represent our country in the Paralympics.
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FINA to Reconsider World Championship Dates After Tokyo Games Moved to 2021
The 2021 World Aquatics Championships that were due to be held in July-August 2021 in Fukuoka, Japan could be rescheduled after the Tokyo 2020 Olympics were postponed to 2021, swimming’s world governing body FINA said on Tuesday. The Tokyo Olympics, originally scheduled for July 24-Aug. 9 this year, were postponed to 2021 earlier in the…
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Joint Statement From the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee
The president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, and the Prime Minister of Japan, Abe Shinzo, held a conference call this morning to discuss the constantly changing environment with regard to COVID-19 and the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. They were joined by Mori Yoshiro, the President of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee; the…
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Breaking: Japan Proposes One-Year Postponement For Tokyo Olympics
Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe and Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike have proposed a one-year postponement of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo in a conference call with International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach. Abe said Bach agreed “100%” with this proposal, which would have to be approved by the IOC’s Executive Board. The Olympics have never been…
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IOC member says that 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be postponed due to coronavirus pandemic
Veteran International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound told USA TODAY Sports Monday afternoon that the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games are going to be postponed, likely to 2021, with the details to be worked out in the next four weeks. “On the basis of the information the IOC has, postponement has been decided,†Pound said in…
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Australia plans for postponed Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021
The AOC held an Executive Board meeting via teleconference this morning and unanimously agreed that an Australian Team could not be assembled in the changing circumstances at home and abroad. AOC Chief Executive Matt Carroll says athletes have needed certainty – they wanted to do the right thing for themselves, their families and the world…
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Canadian athletes will not compete at Tokyo 2020 Games due to COVID-19 risks
The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) say they won’t send athletes to compete at the Tokyo Games — set to begin July 24 — if they go ahead as scheduled. Backed by the Athletes’ Commissions, National Sport Organizations and the Government of Canada, the COC and CPC say they “made the difficult decision to not…
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AOC preparing for Tokyo Olympics to go ahead as planned | ABC News
The Australian Olympic Committee is preparing for the Olympic Games to go ahead as planned on July 14 despite the coronavirus threat, saying the International Olympic Committee is not living in an “Olympic bubble”. https://youtu.be/AEB2Wmh6q5Y
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Time to accept inevitability of 2021 Tokyo Olympics
One by one, some of the world’s grandest sporting events have fallen or faded away to a later spot on the calendar. March Madness. The Masters. Baseball’s opening day. On Tuesday, at least four more huge spectacles were taken down by the coronavirus: the French Open tennis tournament and Kentucky Derby horse race were both…