ATHENS (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee is facing its strongest headwinds in years as it informed national committees on Wednesday on the state of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics amidst the coronavirus pandemic, with voices of dissent growing louder.
The IOC has stayed committed to staging the Tokyo Games as prepared from July 24- Aug. 9, saying on Tuesday after a meeting with worldwide sports federations that determines against the virus were providing results.
The coronavirus has up until now killed more than 7,500 people and infected about 200,000, with the epicenter now in Europe.
The Olympic body has actually refused to openly consider cancellation or postponement as possible options, even as other significant events consisting of soccer’s Euro 2020 and Copa America and the French Open tennis grand slam announced posts ponement on Tuesday.
The infection has actually likewise wreaked havoc with Olympic certification competitions with athletes having a hard time to train, take a trip or compete and numerous pre-Games qualifiers canceled or held off.
Tokyo is set to host some 11,000 professional athletes and 53%have currently made their area at the Games. The remaining 47%will clinch their location through modified qualifiers, or previous performan