Tokyo Olympics: Decision on spectators delayed until June
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has delayed a decision on the attendance of spectators the Tokyo Olympic Games until June. The details are contained in a joint statement with the IOC, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020), the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Government of Japan.
There are only 86 days to go before the start of the Olympic Games and 118 days until the start of the Paralympic Games and the five parties have agreed on a list of measures which they say place the highest priority on safety for the sake of all participants, including the athletes, and the Japanese public who will be playing host to the Games .
Tokyo Olympics Participants Required to Pass At Least 2 COVID-19 Tests
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TOKYO (Sputnik) - All participants in the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer will be required to pass two COVID-19 tests before departure and undergo daily testing for first three days after arrival, the organisers stated on Wednesday.
The new regulations are part of a set of COVID-19 measures agreed upon by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020), the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and the Government of Japan.
Naoko Imoto holds an Olympic torch in Athens on March 19, 2020. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Former Olympic swimmer Naoko Imoto has dove back into the sports world, tackling gender equality issues as a newly appointed adviser to the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee.
“I think there are things that I can do to be of service,” said Imoto, 44.
Imoto, who competed for Japan in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, stayed away from sports after retiring from competitive swimming.
But the sexist remarks made by Yoshiro Mori, the organizing committee’s former president, earlier this year prompted her to become active again.
Imoto said she was shocked by the comments, which created an international uproar and forced Mori to step down.
Tokyo 2020 to provide multi-lingual app for international attendees with integrated functions for the hearing and/or vision impaired 04/27/21
The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020)
is pleased to confirm that announcements at competition venues during the Tokyo 2020 Games will be made
in multiple languages, using an app developed with the cooperation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and
Communications. The new service will also allow content displayed in writing to be converted to speech, and
is being provided as part of Tokyo 2020’s efforts to promote diversity and inclusion, as outlined in the Games
vision.
competitions as well as security information and emergency information to those who do not understand