TOKYO: As the deadly coronavirus spreads around the globe, doubts grow over whether the 2020 Olympic Games, set for Tokyo from July 24 to August 9, will go ahead. AFP Sports gets an exclusive look on what the top sports people believe on the matter.
OLympic Games officials from Japan Tokyo 2020 Olympic flame is lit outside Sendai railway station, Miyagi prefecture on Saturday after arriving from Greece. - AFP
TOKYO: As the deadly coronavirus spreads around the globe, doubts grow over whether the 2020 Olympic Games, set for Tokyo from July 24 to August 9, will go ahead."Of course we are considering different scenarios, but we are contrary to many other sports organizations or professional leagues in that we are four-and-a-half months away from the Games.""No solution will be ideal in this situation, and this is why we are counting on the responsibility and solidarity of the athletes.
"Respectfully requested...that the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee advocate for the postponement of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 by one year to 2021.""It's not only best from a performance statement for the athletes, but also for what these athletes are going through right now in terms of their mental health."Bob Bowman, the coach who guided swimming great Michael Phelps to 28 Olympic medals -- 23 of them gold.
"The IOC wants us to keep risking our health, our family's health and public health to train every day? You are putting us in danger right now, today, not in 4 months.""I think the IOC insisting this will move ahead, with such conviction, is insensitive and irresponsible given the state of humanity.""We don't have to make a decision. Our games are not next week, or two weeks from now. They're four months from now.
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