Defiant Olympic Chiefs Face Increased Pressure To Postpone Tokyo 2020
The Olympic Rings are pictured in front of the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne on March 21, 2020. Fabrice COFFRINI / AFPPressure mounted on Olympic organisers to postpone the 2020 Tokyo Games on Saturday after the powerful US track and field federation urged this summer’s event be pushed back due to the coronavirus pandemic.
USOPC had said it was too soon to axe the July 24-August 9 Games, much like International Olympic Committee head Thomas Bach, who said that it would be “premature” to make such a big decision. “We urge the USOPC, as a leader within the Olympic Movement, to use its voice and speak up for the athletes,” USA Swimming CEO Tim Hinchey said in a letter.
“We have another meeting early next week to discuss the work, given the number of athletes who are struggling to train in various countries due to measures put in place to reduce the spread of the coronavirus,” said Coe. The Norwegian Olympic Committee quickly followed, saying that it had sent a letter to the IOC on Friday, motivated in part by a Norwegian government ban on organised sports activities which had created “a very challenging time for the sports movement in Norway”.
On Friday, Bach defended the IOC’s refusal to cancel the Olympics by saying that the Games were further away than other shelved events, such as football’s European Championship which was due to start in mid-June and has been moved to 2021.“For us, would not be responsible now.”
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