{"id":14351,"date":"2020-09-14T17:40:43","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T17:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=14351"},"modified":"2020-09-14T17:40:43","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T17:40:43","slug":"ioc-confident-of-safe-tokyo-olympic-games-says-bach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/ioc-confident-of-safe-tokyo-olympic-games-says-bach","title":{"rendered":"IOC confident of safe Tokyo Olympic Games, says Bach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author: TOKYO<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> The International Olympic Committee has confidence in its preparations and in Japanese government support for next year\u2019s Tokyo Olympics, but said all scenarios would be discussed in the coming weeks amid the ongoing pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>IOC President Thomas Bach said his organisation was committed to delivering a safe Games and had the full support of the Japanese government following the resignation of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, but the look of next year\u2019s Games was still unclear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the coming weeks you will see important and intensive discussions taking place with regard to different scenarios to COVID-19 counter measures,\u201d Bach told a news conference following an executive board meeting. \u201cWe remain focused on delivering safe and successful Games next year.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"inarticle\"><\/div>\n<p>The Tokyo 2020 Games were postponed to next year in an unprecedented decision in March as the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the globe. Bach said while several aspects of the Games\u2019 organisation, such as international spectators or qualifications processes, needed to be finalised months in advance, no deadline for those had yet been set.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt some stage before the Games we will have to take these relevant decisions but right now I am not in a position to give you a concrete answer. We don\u2019t know how the world looks like tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Qualification for the Games starts months before the event while international travel for the Olympics is also usually booked months or even years in advance. The rearranged Tokyo Games must be held \u201cat any cost\u201d in 2021, Japan\u2019s Olympic Minister Seiko Hashimoto had said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe situations are changing day by day when you look at different travel restrictions around the world,\u201d Bach said. \u201cThis is one of the examples which has direct impact on our planning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said progress in rapid testing and vaccine developments would play a role until next year and would also influence Games plans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I do not know about a deadline for the reason that we don\u2019t really know the environment we will be in next year,\u201d Bach said. \u201cIt is too early to set the deadline.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: TOKYO AfricaPress-Kenya: The International Olympic Committee has confidence in its preparations and in Japanese government support for next year\u2019s Tokyo Olympics, but said all scenarios would be discussed in the coming weeks amid the ongoing pandemic. 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