Remember the word: Playbook.
This is the rule book that the IOC and Tokyo organizers are set to roll out next week to explain how 15,400 Olympic and Paralympic athletes and tens of thousands of others will try to safely enter Japan when the Olympics open in just under six months.
Organizers and the International Olympic Committee are finally going public with their planning, hoping to push back against reports the Olympics will be canceled with Tokyo and much of Japan still under a state of emergency with COVID-19 cases rising.
The rollout at Olympic headquarters in Switzerland is planned for Feb. 4, with Tokyo likely to present on Feb. 5.
TOKYO - Remember the word: Playbook.This is the rule book that the IOC and Tokyo organizers are set to roll out next week to explain how 15,400 Olympic and
IOC not considering coronavirus vaccine as it pushes ahead with Tokyo Olympics planning
By Tracey Holmes for The Ticket and ABC Sport
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The IOC is determined to stage the Tokyo Olympics amid the challenges presented by COVID-19.
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One of the International Olympic Committee s (IOC) most senior officials says the Tokyo Olympic Games will go ahead even if athletes cannot be vaccinated beforehand.
Key points:
The IOC says vaccinations will not be mandatory for athletes and officials in order for them to take part in the Games
Lucia Montanarella says the COVID-19 vaccine doesn t come into play in any of our planning
The International Olympic Committee says vaccinations will not be mandatory for athletes and officials in order for them to take part in the Games scheduled to begin in July.
The playbook aims to explain how athletes and tens of thousands of others will try to safely enter Japan when the Olympics open in just under six months