Empathy, yes, but Tokyo pulling off its Games in a pandemic this summer would create more certainty that Beijing s 2022 Winter Games will go ahead six months later. It is like a test event for our Olympics, Kripps said. You can really confidently go into the Beijing Games if you had the Tokyo Games executed, and hopefully everything goes really well.
Beijing s Winter Olympics open exactly one year from Thursday, Feb. 4, 2022, followed by the Paralympic Winter Games a month later.
Beijing has more time for the world to tame the virus, or to adopt Tokyo s adaptations if it can t. I just hope for a normal Olympic Games, said two-time Olympic moguls champion Mikael Kingsbury of Deux-Montagnes, Que.
Rights groups urge world leaders to boycott Beijing Olympics
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Serena Williams of United States is seen in action during the first round of the Women s singles during The Beijing Olympic Games on August 11, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
About 180 campaign groups signed the open letter which calls on world leaders to boycott the Beijing Winter Games.
A coalition of campaign groups issued an open letter Wednesday calling on world leaders to boycott the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics over China’s rights record.
The Games are scheduled to begin on February 4 next year, just six months after the delayed summer Tokyo Olympics, but preparations have been overshadowed by the coronavirus pandemic.
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China is also facing global scrutiny over a range of issues, notably the mass internment of Uighur Muslims in the western region of Xinjiang, and its clampdown in Hong Kong.
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BEIJING: A coalition of campaign groups issued an open letter Wednesday calling on world leaders to boycott the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics over China s rights record.
The Games are scheduled to begin on February 4 next year, just six months after the delayed summer Tokyo Olympics, but preparations have been overshadowed by the coronavirus pandemic.
Hungary and Serbia began inoculating their Olympic athletes against COVID-19 on Friday ahead of the Tokyo Summer Games, officials said on Friday, ignoring the International Olympic Committee's disapproval.