Is it?we get summer and Winter Olympics in back to back years so that’s exciting!
In the present circumstances and based on the information provided by the WHO today, the IOC President and the Prime Minister of Japan have concluded that the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo must be rescheduled to a date beyond 2020 but not later than summer 2021, to safeguard the health of the athletes, everybody involved in the Olympic Games and the international community.
The leaders agreed that the Olympic Games in Tokyo could stand as a beacon of hope to the world during these troubled times and that the Olympic flame could become the light at the end of the tunnel in which the world finds itself at present. Therefore, it was agreed that the Olympic flame will stay in Japan. It was also agreed that the Games will keep the name Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020.
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Vaccinate the older judges and helpers when their turns (in their countries) come up. The athletes are young and healthy. Put them into a bubble for each sport.https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/dick-pound-ioc-athltes-vaccine-tokyo-olympics-1.5863205
Pound disconnected from reality as usual.
Article is firewalled, but sounds like Japan officials are essentially looking to cancel the games.
It's not that simple, Japan is essentially a one-party state and there are massive amounts of grift involved in the Olympic process. So the different factions of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party all have their own agendas and the government has to facilitate them all at the same time. As long as there's money to be made many factions will definitively remain pro-Olympics.
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/dick-pound-ioc-athltes-vaccine-tokyo-olympics-1.5863205
Pound disconnected from reality as usual.
Making alternative plans is to be expected. However any decision will probably not occur until well into Spring.
For now things look grim but a lot can change until then.
It's not that simple, Japan is essentially a one-party state and there are massive amounts of grift involved in the Olympic process. So the different factions of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party all have their own agendas and the government has to facilitate them all at the same time. As long as there's money to be made many factions will definitively remain pro-Olympics.
We'll see. It's really hard to see how an event of this scale can go forward in the current environment, but, I do agree, the (often disproportionate) economic interests makes it hard to predict what they'll do.
The Olympics are such a massive event, that it's just hard to even envision. It makes planning around the NHL season seem quaint.
Olympics ain't gonna happen.
If they try to do it, it's gonna be bad.
Damn, a ton of money is going to be lost from it.
Would you buy a package to go to Tokyo to watch the Olympics live? There's just no way it's going to happen. The tourism part of the Olympics is a massive part of what makes hosting appealing. If that can't happen it's probably better to just delay it.
Olympics ain't gonna happen.
If they try to do it, it's gonna be bad.
Damn, a ton of money is going to be lost from it.
Would you buy a package to go to Tokyo to watch the Olympics live? There's just no way it's going to happen. The tourism part of the Olympics is a massive part of what makes hosting appealing. If that can't happen it's probably better to just delay it.
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Honestly I don't see how they go ahead with it. The magic of the Olympics is the fans coming together from around the world for a massive celebration. Having some bizarre attendance-less Black Mirror-esque Games with everyone masked up like we're living in some weird dystopia is just depressing to think about.
Honestly I don't see how they go ahead with it. The magic of the Olympics is the fans coming together from around the world for a massive celebration. Having some bizarre attendance-less Black Mirror-esque Games with everyone masked up like we're living in some weird dystopia is just depressing to think about.