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04/28/21
With 86 days left until the opening of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, and 118 days left until the opening of the Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the 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 today agreed on the following measures to ensure the safe organisation of the Games. The five parties will continue to deploy all possible COVID-19 countermeasures and 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.
By Daniel Smith
Safe and Secure Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020: Version 2 of Tokyo 2020 Playbooks Released
The International Olympic Committee (IOC), International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 (Tokyo 2020) have today launched the second editions of the Tokyo 2020 Playbooks, with the version for
Building on February s publication, the new Playbooks provide more specific details to participants about the countermeasures that will help ensure safe and successful Games for all those taking part and the residents of Tokyo and Japan. Some of the key measures in the Playbooks can be found in the five-party joint statement.
With fewer than 90 days until the opening of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (2020 is retained in the title despite the Games being staged in 2021), athletes at the global showpiece will have more than performances to worry about.
A strict set of guidelines and Covid-19 measures has been issued to athletes and officials who will be in Tokyo, which will add some layers of angst to proceedings.
The tension of competition and living in an Olympic Village in close quarters with other athletes will have the added complication of avoiding a Covid-19 breakout. A spate of cases in Tokyo could scupper the entire event. So, no pressure then on young athletes, who should only be focused on their disciplines.
04/28/21
the Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 (Tokyo 2020)
have today launched the second editions of the Tokyo 2020 Playbooks, with the version for
Athletes and Team Officials.
participants about the countermeasures that will help ensure safe and successful Games for
all those taking part and the residents of Tokyo and Japan. Some of the key measures in the
Playbooks can be found in the five-party joint statement.
The countermeasures detailed in the Playbooks are based on science, benefiting from
learnings gathered during the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to
implementing the most effective tools being used throughout society, such as screening