The president of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) said on Saturday that it will never ask for its athletes to be vaccinated against COVID-19 b
28 Jan 2021
Tokyo’s hosting of the next Olympic Games this summer is “up to the U.S.,” a Tokyo Olympics Organizing Committee member said on Wednesday.
U.S. President Joe Biden is “dealing with a tough situation with the coronavirus,” Takahashi Haruyuki, a member of the executive board of Japan’s Olympic organizing committee, told the
Wall Street Journal (
in an article published January 27.
“But if he makes a positive statement about the Olympics going ahead, we’d gain strong momentum,” Takahashi said.
“It’s up to the U.S. I hate to say it, but [International Olympic Committee (IOC) President] Thomas Bach and the IOC are not the ones who are able to make the decision about the Games,” he added. “They don’t have that level of leadership.”
Australia is planning to vaccinate its Olympians against COVID-19 before they head to the Tokyo Games, federal sport minister Richard Colbeck said. Colbeck
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TOKYO (Reuters) - While the debate over the political, financial and health implications of holding the Tokyo Olympics in July rages around the world, triple jump gold medal hopeful Will Claye believes a crucial voice is not always being heard - that of the athlete.
The Games were postponed last year on safety grounds as the COVID-19 pandemic spread around the world and the threat to the health of athletes and the local community is still the major stumbling block to the Olympics going ahead.
Claye and his fellow athletes from the Red Bull stable climbers Janja Garnbret and Shauna Coxsey, triathlete Kristian Blummenfelt and rower Kjetil Borch are among 11,000 aspirant Olympians eager for their moment on the world stage.
26 Jan 2021 - 22:16
The Olympic rings are pictured in front of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Lausanne, Switzerland, January 26, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
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TOKYO - Some athletes have already started being vaccinated against COVID-19, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday, ahead of the release of new guidelines that he says will show that Tokyo Games organisers are in a much better position than the public believes.
More than 15,000 competitors are expected at the July 23-Aug.8 Games, postponed from last year because of the pandemic.
With a recent poll suggesting around 80 percent of people in Japan not wanting the Games to be held this summer, and coronavirus cases rising across the world, organisers are battling to prove they can hold the Games safely in Tokyo .