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Tokyo Olympics Sticks to the New Schedule With or Without COVID – Committee Vice President

The Olympics is an international sporting event where thousands of athletes participating in various sports competitions. This event was an inspiration by the ancient Olympic Games that were held in Olympia.

The international event will be held once in every four years. For Olympics 2020, Tokyo has been chosen to be the hosting place. However, the event which previously scheduled to happen in July 2020 has to be postponed to next year due to COVID-19.

The new date for the Tokyo Olympics is scheduled to begin on 23 July 2021 until 8 August 2021. The event will still be officially called the “2020 Summer Olympics” even though it will happen in 2021.

John Coates, the International Olympic Committee vice president said in an interview that the Olympics will take place with or without COVID. By any means, he is confident to proceed with the event within the new time frame despite the slow progress on the COVID-19 vaccines.

Even though the disease might not be contained or vaccine available by next year, the International Olympic Committee believed that the Tokyo Olympics can handle the disease. They will be all set to do anything to prevent the spread of the virus during the event.

However, Coates didn’t address how participating nations and athletes feel about his statement. Before the Tokyo Olympics were postponed, the Canadian and Australian teams had decided not to participate in the event. Most countries are aware to participate in the events as it will expose risk to their athletes.

Source: soranews24.com

Adib Mohd

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