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Protests Against Tokyo Olympics 2021 as COVID Surges
The 2020 Olympics go to... Tokyo! IOC Vote Japan Capital over Madrid and Istanbul
Daily Mail UK, 8 September, 2013 Tokyo will host the Olympics and Paralympics in 2020 after seeing off rivals Madrid and Istanbul in dramatic circumstances to win the vote. It will be the second time the Japanese capital has hosted the Games having previously done so in 1964. The vote by the International Olympic Committee meeting in Buenos Aires saw Tokyo win the first round of voting with Istanbul and Madrid polling the same number of votes. A tie-break saw Madrid eliminated by four votes to set up a final round between Istanbul and Tokyo with the Japanese city emerging triumphant. Party time: Japanese fans go wild after hearing they will host the Olympics Decision: IOC President Jacques Rogge announces that Tokyo has won the vote Tokyo won by 60 votes to 36 in the final round of voting - a comprehensive victory which came despite some IOC members expressing concern over leaks at the Fukushima nuclear plant, which is 150 miles from the capital. Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tackled the issue head-on in Tokyo's final presentation, promising the IOC: 'I shall take the responsibility to implement programmes to render this situation completely problem-free and I say that most emphatically and unequivocally.' Tokyo's cause was helped in no small way by the presence of Cambridge-educated Princess Hisako of Takamado, and a bravura performance in its final presentation by Paralympic athlete Mima Sato. Hisako, the first member of the Japanese Imperial family to have ever addressed the IOC, delivered Tokyo's opening speech of the presentation and pushed all the right buttons. ....... Ecstatic: Members of the Tokyo 2020 delegation over the moon with their victory Going mental: Japanese fencer Yuki Ota screams his delight at the decision Overcome by emotion: Brits will know exactly how the Japanese delegation felt Sato, who lost a leg following bone cancer and competed in the long jump at the London 2012 Paralympics, said: 'What we have seen is the impact of the Olympic values as never before in Japan. And what the country has witnessed is that those precious values - excellence, friendship and respect - can be so much more than just words.' For Istanbul, bidding for the fifth time, there was bitter disappointment yet again. The Turkish city had been the frontrunner for so long but suffered a series of damaging blows later in the campaign: the protests in Taksim Square in June - a proposed Games venue - a major doping scandal, the jailing of political opponents and journalists last month and the rising threat of war in next-door Syria. What a day! Fans back in Tokyo ready to party after winning Victory: Former Japanese Olympic athletes celebrate as Tokyo is chosen to hold the 2020 Olympic Games Standout: The picture used by Tokyo in their bid to host the Games in 2020 Celebrations: More elation at the Buenos Aires Hilton hotel where the decision was made Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Erdogan tried to address the issue, telling IOC members: 'We live at a time when our region and the world crave for peace. 'And at this critical moment, we would like to send a strong message of peace to the whole world from Istanbul, the city of friendship and brotherhood.' Madrid had had high hopes for their royal trump card in the form of Crown Prince Felipe, a former Olympic sailor, but even his contribution could not convince enough IOC voters. Asian Olmypics: The Japanese city beat Madrid and Istanbul to have the honour of hosting the Games Altogether: Japanse and Turkish fans alongside each other in Argentina The Spanish city's main message had been staging a low-cost Games in a country which is struggling with its economy, and Felipe told members: 'Some people around the world have questioned hosting the Games in a time of economic uncertainty. 'But I don't see this as a threat to the Olympics, I see it as an opportunity. The benefits of sport are measured in generations, not in dollars.' Not this time: A miserable Spanish fan after Madrid were knocked out of the running Anxious: Turkish fans were out in force in Istanbul awaiting the final vote Quote:
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Tokyo Olympics Postponed to 2021
Tokyo Olympics Postponed to 2021 Due to Coronavirus Pandemic
Japan’s prime minister and IOC president agree delay Fate essentially sealed when Canada and Australia pulled out The Guardian UK, 24 MAR 2020 The Tokyo Olympics are to be postponed until 2021 after talks between Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, and the International Olympic Committee president, Thomas Bach. Abe said they had established that cancelling the Games was out of the question, and that Bach had agreed “100%” that a postponement was the most appropriate response to the global disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic. “We agreed that a postponement would be the best way to ensure that the athletes are in peak condition when they compete and to guarantee the safety of the spectators,” Abe told reporters shortly after his conference call with Bach, adding that the Games would be held by the summer of 2021. The Games “must be rescheduled to a date beyond 2020 but not later than summer 2021, to safeguard the health of the athletes, everybody involved in the Olympic Games and the international community”, the IOC and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee said later in a joint statement. The Olympic Games and Paralympic Games will continue to be called the “Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020” even if they are held next year, and the Olympic flame will stay in Japan “as a beacon of hope to the world during these troubled times”. Until just a few days ago the IOC, along with the Tokyo organising committee and the Japanese government, had insisted there were no plans to delay the Olympics given they were not due to open for another four months but Japan’s NHK public television reported on Tuesday that Abe wanted the one-year delay. Tokyo 2020’s fate was in effect sealed this week when Canada and Australia said they would not send athletes to Japan in July, while the British and French governments urged the IOC to make a quick decision. The US Olympic and Paralympic committee followed suit, citing the “enormous” disruption the pandemic had caused to training and the qualification processWorld Athletics, the Olympic committees of Brazil, Slovenia and Germany, USA Swimming and USA Track and Field had joined the growing chorus of calls for a new date for the event. The postponement is a blow to the host country, which has spent more than $12bn on the event, while huge sums are also at stake for sponsors and broadcasters. Goldman Sachs estimated this month that Japan would lose $4.5bn (550bn yen) in inbound and domestic consumption in 2020 if the Olympics did not take place as planned. The Nikkei, a Japanese business daily, claimed on Monday that G7 leaders had agreed to a postponement during their teleconference last week, after Abe persuaded them that cancellation was not an option. Abe told the group that he was determined to hold the Games “in their complete form” – with the full quota of athletes and spectators – as a symbol of the world’s triumph over coronavirus, the Nikkei said. Boris Johnson reportedly responded with a thumbs-up, while other leaders nodded their approval. But Abe then hinted that postponement was a possibility. “If the IOC’s decision means it becomes impossible to hold the Olympics in their complete form, then a decision may have to be made to postpone them,” he told parliament on Monday. The host nation greeted the IOC’s decision to postpone the Games by up to a year with a mixture of disappointment and resignation. Opinion polls taken before the announcement indicated that the Japanese public had already accepted that Tokyo 2020 would be sport’s biggest victims of the coronavirus pandemic. According to a Kyodo news poll last week, almost 70% of respondents said they did not expect the Games to go ahead this summer. Others voiced disappointment that they would have to wait another year to watch their favourite athletes compete in Tokyo. “I’ve been looking forward to the Olympics and feel like crying,” one user tweeted. “But I understand it’s inevitable under the circumstances. My heart goes out to the athletes who have been striving to make the Olympics over the past four years – or even six-and-a-half years since Tokyo was chosen as the host city.” Yuji Ota, vice president of the Japan Fencing Federation, thanked everyone who had been involved in the Olympic preparations, telling them in a post: “What you have done means a lot.” He added. “But first we have to get through coronavirus. Health must come first.” Benoît Vêtu, the head coach of the Japan track cycling team, said the IOC had made the right decision. “It’s only just been announced, so I don’t know exactly how the riders feel about it, but we’ll discuss it in the morning during training,” Vêtu told the Guardian. “I know for sure that they will stay motivated for another year. We have a very big group with some talented riders, and now they have an extra year to keep improving.” The decision was welcomed by the British Olympic Association’s chief executive, Andy Anson, who said the organisers had no choice but to cancel the Games. “It is with profound sadness that we accept the postponement, but in all consciousness it is the only decision we can support, in light of the devastating impact Covid-19 is having on our nation, our communities and our families,” he said. “It is time for them to stop thinking about Tokyo 2020 for now and be home and safe with their families. It would have been unthinkable for us to continue to prepare for an Olympic Games at a time the nation and the world no less is enduring great hardship. A postponement is the right decision.” Sally Munday, the CEO of UK Sport, the Olympics and Paralympics funding body, promised to fully support British athletes and coaches amid the uncertainty of a “distressing period”. “We also realise that today’s decision has significant financial implications for our high-performance system and we are working hard to identify the wide-ranging impacts and scenarios, and are in close contact with government to establish how best to support our summer Olympic and Paralympic sports and athletes to be ready for the Games when they do take place.” The Games have never before been postponed in this way, but they were cancelled in 1916, 1940 – also a planned Tokyo Games – and 1944, during the first and second world wars.
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Re: Protests Against Tokyo Olympics 2021 as COVID Surges
Protests Against Tokyo Olympics as Japan Suffers COVID Surge
BBC News •16 Apr 2021 With just one hundred days to go before the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics in July, the city is seeing protests calling for the Games to be delayed. The torch relay is under way and athletes around the world are back in training. The organisers insist it's full steam ahead but public support in Japan remains extremely low. The country is facing a fourth wave of Covid infections, with less than 1% of the population having received a vaccination. Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in Tokyo.
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