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Sunday, 23 May 2021 Beijing 2008 gold medallist Eric Lamaze has announced he does not want to be considered for selection for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on health grounds. Lamaze published a statement confirming his intention to withdraw from consideration, with the 53-year-old one of five athletes named on a shortlist to compete for Canada in the showjumping events at the Games. Lamaze said he has been undergoing treatment for a brain tumour for the past three years and is being supported by medical teams in Brussels and Paris. Due to his condition and the ongoing state of emergency in To...

TOKYO: Players in action during the 10m air pistol mixed team event of the Tokyo Olympics at Asaka Shooting Range on Tuesday.—Reuters TOKYO: A top medical organisation has thrown its weight behind calls to cancel the Tokyo Olympics saying hospitals are already overwhelmed as the country battles a spike in coronavirus infections less than three months from the start of the Games. The Tokyo Medical Practitioners Association representing about 6,000 primary care doctors said hospitals in the Games host city “have their hands full and have almost no spare capacity” amid a surge in infection...

Japanese Medical Group Asks Organizers to Cancel Tokyo Olympics May 18, 2021 A spectator raises a paper sign reading 'It is impossible to hold the Olympics, face up to reality' along the race route during the half-marathon as part of Hokkaido-Sapporo Marathon Festival 2021. Share share The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:03:47 0:00 Pop-out player A top Japanese medical organization representing 6,000 doctors is now calling for the country to cancel this summer’s Tokyo Olympics. The Tokyo Medical Practitioners Association said it is worried that the country’s healthcare system...

Send A top medical organization has thrown its weight behind calls to cancel the Tokyo Olympics saying hospitals are already overwhelmed as the country battles a spike in coronavirus infections less than three months from the start of the Games. The Tokyo Medical Practitioners Association representing about 6,000 primary care doctors said hospitals in the Games host city “have their hands full and have almost no spare capacity” amid a surge in infections. “We strongly request that the authorities convince the IOC (International Olympic Committee) that holding the Olympics is difficult a...