American media reported that Dick Pound, a member of the International Olympic Committee, revealed on 23rd local time that the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games would definitely be postponed.

According to a report by USA-Today on the 23rd, Pound said in a telephone interview that according to the information provided by the International Olympic Committee, he was sure that the Tokyo Olympic Games would not start on July 24th, but he didn't know the specific plan.

On the same day, Fox News asked the IOC to confirm USA-Today's report, but the IOC refused to give a confirmation or denial reply.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC), which had always insisted that the Tokyo Olympic Games would not be postponed or cancelled, announced on the 22nd local time in Switzerland that it would complete the evaluation of the hosting plan of the Tokyo Olympic Games within four weeks. Extension is one of the options, and cancellation is not considered.

President BOCOG: The Olympic Games will not be cancelled.

On February 14, john coates (left), Chairman of the Coordination Committee of the Tokyo Olympic Games of the International Olympic Committee, held a joint press conference with Mori Yoshiro, Chairman of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee. Xinhua News Agency reporter Du She

Mori Yoshiro, president of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee, said on the 23rd that he still hoped that the Olympic Games would be held in 2020, despite the postponement of the Tokyo Olympic Games.

He said: "We have been preparing for the normal holding. However, judging from the current situation, the international situation has changed and the prospects are unpredictable. Europe and America are in an abnormal state. The voice of asking for an extension is endless, and we can't foolishly just act according to the original plan. "

Due to the sudden change of international sports in less than 24 hours, the original Tokyo Olympic Games may have basically disappeared. Mori Yoshiro and Tokyo BOCOG CEO Takeo Minlang held an emergency press conference at BOCOG headquarters to answer the most concerned questions.

When asked whether the Olympic Games will be postponed to 202 1 or 2022, former Japanese Prime Minister Mori Yoshiro said, "The first is 2020. I can only answer this at this stage. " Wu Teng Minlang was later asked the same question. He said: "If it is postponed, I can't comment on the specific time."

Mori Yoshiro said that he had a video conference with IOC President Bach and Coordination Committee President Coates the night before. "Because at that time, the International Olympic Committee had decided to hold an emergency meeting of the Executive Committee to discuss the relevant countermeasures for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. It is necessary for us to reach an agreement on relevant issues before they meet. "

The most crucial agreement reached at the meeting is that the Olympic Games can be postponed, but it can never be cancelled. "Cancel the Olympic Games, no discussion. Cancellation is impossible. " Mori Yoshiro said.

Regarding the extension, he said: "The Japanese side will discuss with the representatives of the International Olympic Committee, and the two sides will jointly discuss the solution. We will carefully study the extension and hope to complete the relevant details within 4 weeks. "

When asked, "Athletes all over the world are expecting to make a decision as soon as possible, why should they spend four weeks discussing it?" Mori Yoshiro said, "Please ask Mr. Bach about the surrounding situation. Before making a decision, it is necessary for us to simulate the extension of 1 month, 3 months or 5 months. The first thing we have to face is the venue problem, and then the funding problem. In four weeks, 33 Olympic events and 22 Paralympic events need to be coordinated. It takes a long time to consider and there is no way to discuss it for a long time. "

Regarding the torch relay to be held in Fukushima on 26th, Mori Yoshiro said: "We will discuss the implementation methods in the next three days. On the 26th, I will definitely go to Fukushima. " However, Mori Yoshiro revealed that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who had originally decided to attend the opening ceremony of the torch relay, was still hesitant to attend.

Wu Teng Minlang said: "I have never considered canceling the torch relay."

Extended reading

Olympic century competition

With the COVID-19 epidemic raging around the world, the Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee announced in Lausanne on the 22nd local time that it would complete the evaluation of the hosting plan of the Tokyo Olympic Games within four weeks. Extension is one of the options, and cancellation is not considered. Later, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe let go for the first time, saying that if it becomes very difficult to hold a complete Olympic Games, postponement is one of the options, but the Tokyo Olympic Games will certainly not be cancelled.

This means that in the Olympic history of 100 years, the Tokyo Olympic Games has become the first Olympic Games that cannot be held as scheduled in peacetime, which is already a high probability event. In the next four weeks, the Olympic Games of the Century will test the wisdom and courage of all parties.

Reverse the wind.

Since dick pound, a member of the International Olympic Committee, made a judgment on February 26th that "if the epidemic threat cannot be eliminated within three months, the Tokyo Olympic Games may be cancelled", the International Olympic Committee insisted in numerous statements in the past month that all parties still arranged the preparations according to the idea that the Tokyo Olympic Games would be held as scheduled.

However, problems followed. With the deterioration of the epidemic situation in many countries, the Olympic qualifiers were cancelled due to the epidemic situation, and 43% of the places for the Tokyo Olympic Games have not yet been issued; Countries have announced epidemic prevention measures, and some athletes cannot guarantee training and preparation; Some people worry that the basic fairness of sports cannot be guaranteed. Some people hope that the International Olympic Committee will make a decision as soon as possible. Some people accuse the International Olympic Committee of letting athletes risk their lives to continue preparing for the war. ...

Last week, the IOC had intensive communication with IFs, national (regional) Olympic committees, athletes' representatives, IPC, broadcasters, sponsors, major news organizations in the world and other stakeholders, and established two supreme purposes for hosting the Tokyo Olympic Games: First, to protect everyone's health and fully support the epidemic prevention and control work; The second is to ensure that the interests of athletes and the interests of the Olympic movement are not harmed. The International Olympic Committee says it is too early to make a final decision when there are more than four months before the Olympic Games.

In the past 48 hours, in the media reports, there are more and more voices calling for the Tokyo Olympic Games to be postponed as soon as possible. Under heavy pressure, the IOC Executive Board held an emergency conference call, officially admitting to considering different plans for the first time, and set a four-week decision period.

In an open letter to global Olympic athletes, IOC President Bach explained the current predicament sincerely and in detail. First of all, he said that canceling the Tokyo Olympic Games is not on the agenda, because it will destroy the Olympic dream of 1 1000 Olympic athletes and refugee delegations from 206 countries (regions), and canceling the Olympic Games will not solve any problems or help anyone.

At the same time, he said that if the postponement is announced today, it is impossible to set a new date due to the uncertainty of the epidemic. Moreover, due to the extreme complexity of the Olympic Games, postponing the Olympic Games is not as simple as postponing other sports events. "According to the current information, it is still too early to make a final decision on the date of the Tokyo Olympic Games."

On March 12, in Tokyo, Japan, pedestrians wore masks and passed the five-ring sign near the main stadium of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Xinhua News Agency reporter Du She

what course to follow

The International Olympic Committee has ruled out the option of canceling the Tokyo Olympic Games, so the remaining possibilities include normal operation as scheduled, idle operation as scheduled and extension.

If the Tokyo Olympic Games scheduled to open on July 24th can be held as scheduled, a necessary prerequisite is that the global epidemic can be effectively controlled at the turn of spring and summer.

As early as mid-February, the IOC set up a joint working group composed of IOC, BOCOG, Japanese and Tokyo governments and members of the World Health Organization to judge the progress of the epidemic every day. But until today, Bach still said helplessly: "No one can give a reliable statement, telling us how long this battle with the epidemic will last."

As soon as the attitude of the Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee was relaxed, the Canadian and Australian Olympic Committees immediately expressed their hope to postpone the Olympic Games to 202 1, and they were willing to help deal with all the complicated problems brought about by rescheduling the events. The Canadian Olympic Committee even made it clear that they would not send teams to participate in the 2020 Olympic Games.

From this point of view, unless there is a major turning point in the global epidemic, it will be very difficult to make a decision to hold the Tokyo Olympic Games as scheduled in the next four weeks, not only facing the rapidly changing epidemic, but also facing the opposition of some Olympic committees.

So what about holding it as scheduled? Abe has said that Tokyo will host a "complete" Olympic and Paralympic Games. When asked about the meaning of "honesty", he said: "First of all, it must be safe for athletes and spectators; Second, it must be stimulated. "

No audience means that the Olympic stage will lose one of the most attractive elements-the competition atmosphere. This is quite different from the "complete" Olympic Games expected by the Japanese government. However, the open space can't solve the problem that many athletes are difficult to prepare for war, so some Olympic committees will still object. Especially if the epidemic did not disappear at that time, as long as it was held, it would involve the flow of a large number of transnational personnel, which made the "empty field" meaningless.

In the end, the only thing left is the extension, and the related preparatory work changes brought about by the extension are extremely complicated. For example, Bach said: "Some key venues of the Olympic Games may no longer be available, the hotel rooms that have been booked are very difficult to handle, and the global calendar of at least 33 Olympic events needs to be adjusted ... and these are only a small part of many challenges."

And this does not include the huge cost. On the other hand, it is undoubtedly more exciting to host the Olympic Games after the global victory over the virus.

This extension is also in line with recent calls. The Norwegian Olympic Committee pointed out that "the Tokyo Olympic Games should not be held until the epidemic situation is strictly controlled on a global scale".

Sebastian coe, president of IAAF, who is in charge of the basic project of the Olympic Games, also wrote to Bach, confessing that the epidemic situation made it "neither feasible nor desirable" to hold the Olympic Games this summer. He reiterated that no one wants to see the Olympic Games postponed, but they should not be desperate to host the Olympic Games, especially regardless of the athletes' health.

However, unlike most people's call for a one-year extension, Ke pointed out that if the Olympic Games are postponed to 202 1, there will be problems. "On the surface, this is an easy proposition, but in fact, all individual federations will hold the World Championships in non-Olympic years." 202 1 world championships of track and field and swimming, two basic Olympic events. When asked if the Tokyo Olympic Games could be postponed to September this year or 10, he admitted that it was possible.

If the Tokyo Olympic Games is postponed, in principle, it is necessary to give a time for reopening, because the next series of preparations need to be reversed according to the new time. The new opening hours must ensure that the epidemic will be effectively controlled by then.

If it is evaluated, the Olympic Games cannot be held again this year, and it can only be postponed until next year or even the year after. The European Football Championship and America's Cup have been postponed to 202 1. If the Olympic Games are postponed to the summer of 202 1, it will also conflict with the two world championships of swimming and track and field. For China, there are also the World Universiade and the National Games to be held. 2022 is also a year of sports, including Beijing Winter Olympics, Football World Cup, Dhaka Summer Youth Olympic Games and Hangzhou Asian Games. Coordination requires the flexibility and courage of all parties.

The Olympic Games is a four-year cycle. For athletes, it has its own competition cycle, and training is often arranged according to the competition day. The postponement will definitely lead to the loss of some athletes' interests, and some athletes will benefit.

At present, the American Swimming Association and the IAAF have called for postponing the Olympic Games, but the US Olympic Committee has not yet expressed its position. Sarah HerHilander, CEO of the US Olympic Committee, said that athletes need to be fully consulted. Through investigation, she found that it may not be practical to make decisions according to the main rules or the loudest voice. "In order to prepare for the Tokyo Olympics, one of our team members has been on vacation for a whole year. At present, the training has not been greatly affected. Once it is postponed to 202 1 or later, there is no time to prepare for the war. This is the real situation we are facing. The charm of diversity tells us that we must think carefully when making decisions. "

It is understood that in last week's communication with national Olympic committees, the International Olympic Committee also issued a questionnaire on the impact of the epidemic on preparations.

On February 25, in Tokyo, Japan, pedestrians wore masks and walked past the electronic screen showing the countdown to the Tokyo Olympic Games. Xinhua News Agency reporter Du She

For the first time in history?

The early Olympic Games were so difficult that 1900 The second Olympic Games in Paris even needed a ride to host the World Expo. 19 16 Berlin Olympic Games, 1940 Tokyo Olympic Games and 1944 London Olympic Games were all closed for war reasons, but they were still included in the Olympic Games.

The event of "canceling the Summer Olympic Games" has only happened three times in the history of the Olympic Games 100 years, and it was all because of the war. In the process of preparing for the Olympic Games, we also encountered political interference, corruption, financial crisis, doping scandal and so on, but we all survived in the end. Even if Zika virus broke out in Brazil in 20 16, the Rio Olympic Games will be held as scheduled.

But now, the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the world is unprecedented. The certainty of event schedule and the uncertainty of epidemic spread constitute the biggest contradiction in international sports. If the Tokyo Olympic Games are finally postponed, it will be the first time in peacetime that the Olympic Games cannot be held as scheduled.

At this special moment, Bach shared with the athletes the uncertainties he experienced when preparing for the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games as an athlete. Because of the cold war, the Olympic Games was boycotted by some countries.

"At that time, we were not sure whether the Olympic Games would be held or whether we were allowed to participate. Frankly speaking, I would be more willing to accept it if the decision-makers at that time spent more time making a final decision based on more reliable information. "

"As a successful athlete, you know, even if the hope of success is slim, we will never give up. Our commitment to the Tokyo Olympics is also based on this experience. Our experience as athletes makes us always ready to deal with the new situation. "

"As Olympic athletes like you, I hope you can understand the challenges we face, and accept and support the principle we put forward, that is, to continue your Olympic dream while ensuring the health of every Olympic participant."

"When we don't know how long this dark tunnel will go, we hope that the Olympic flame will become a bright light at the end of the tunnel."

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