Arjun, Arvind qualify for rowing men s doubles sculls event
07 May 2021, 16:37 GMT+10
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): In what comes as a huge positive, Indian duo of Arjun Jat and Arvind Singh have qualified for the rowing men s doubles sculls event for Tokyo Olympics after finishing second at the Asia Oceania Continental Regatta event. Taking to Twitter, SAI wrote: Indian duo of Arjun Jat and Arvind Singh qualify for Rowing men s doubles sculls event for Tokyo2020 with second place finish at the Asia Oceania Continental Regatta event. Earlier, four Indian sailors qualified for the Tokyo Games through the Mussanah Open Championship in Oman. It will also be the first time India will be represented in three sailing events at the Olympics, as reported by Olympics.com. Nethra Kumanan (laser radial class) became the first Indian female sailor to qualify for the Olympics after grabbing the first spot. She is the 10th sailor to qualify for the Games and the first to earn a direct entry.
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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games One Year To Go
Certainly when the Tokyo Olympics were postponed last year, we did not expect that there was a chance they would
still not be able to take place in 2021.
Now, though, there is no guarantee that the Olympics will go on starting this July, but there is hope with the rollout of vaccines. The issue would be, though, the guarantee that everyone traveling to Tokyo for the Olympics would be vaccinated.
That s where Pfizer has come in - one of the manufacturers of the widely used COVID-19 vaccines. Yesterday, the International Olympic Committee announced that Pfizer-BioNTech agreed to donate vaccines to athletes participating in the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which are now scheduled for July 2021 (are we still going to continue calling them the 2020 Olympics though? I think so!)
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Pfizer and BioNTech to Provide COVID-19 Vaccine Doses for Olympic Athletes at 2020 Tokyo Games
NEW YORK & MAINZ, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to donate doses of the companies’ COVID-19 Vaccine to help vaccinate athletes, and their delegations, participating in the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, which are scheduled to begin on July 23, 2021.
Under the MoU, the companies and the IOC will coordinate with National Olympic Committees (NOCs) around the world to understand and work to help address the local need for vaccine doses for national delegations’ participation in the Games. Delivery of initial doses to participating delegations is expected to begin at the end of May where possiblewith the aimto ensure participating delegations receive second doses ahead of arrivals in Tokyo. Under the MoU
Pfizer/BioNTech to donate vaccine doses for Olympic athletes
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The Olympic rings are lit up at dusk on the Odaiba waterfront in Tokyo on April 28. Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that Pfizer/BioNTech will donate Covid-19 vaccine doses to Olympic athletes for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games scheduled for July. As part of the plans to ensure safe and secure Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE to donate doses of the companies’ COVID-19 vaccine to Games participants from National Olympic and Paralympic Committees around the world, the IOC said in a statement Thursday.
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The Irish team will be vaccinated ahead of their travels to Tokyo
Ireland s Olympic and Paralympic athletes will be vaccinated ahead of this summer s Games in Tokyo.
The athletes and support teams, which number in the low hundreds, will receive the Pfizer jab thanks to an agreement between the pharmaceutical company and the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The development has been welcomed by the Irish Olympic and Paralympic federations who believe the measure will relieve very high levels of anxiety that a lack of vaccination was causing among the team .
The majority of leading medal-winning nations have already committed to providing vaccinations to their athletes and support staff, but others, including Great Britain, have held back.