![]() ![]() The Beijing Games are less than one month away.īeijing organizers and the IOC are creating a “closed loop” system for the Olympics with strict testing and limits on travel and movement than were enforced at last year’s Tokyo Games. ![]() The Tokyo Summer Games, originally scheduled to be held in 2020, were postponed one year in a decision that was made four months before the scheduled opening ceremony. But we’re taking it day by day and wake up every morning to make sure that is how we still feel about it.” The comments from Switzerland came after Canadian Olympic Committee Chief Executive Officer David Shoemaker told the CBC over the weekend “we’re confident that these Games can still be scheduled safely. “If we don’t have the best athletes there, that’s going to be very, very difficult.”īut after talking with the IOC, “the issue of a postponement is no longer relevant to all of us,” Stöckli said. ![]() ![]() “We must really discuss the possibility of a postponement of the Games,” Stöckli told French-language state broadcaster RTS on Tuesday. The IOC’s comments to the Swiss team come a day after Swiss team leader Ralph Stöckli asked for talks as omicron has surged throughout the world. The IOC also promised case-by-case assessments of athletes who recover after testing positive for COVID-19 ahead of traveling to China, the Swiss team said in a statement. The Swiss Olympic committee said the IOC, during a video conference call on Wednesday, gave assurances about Beijing going ahead as scheduled. Subscribe to the SportsTravel Newsletter OLYMPICS: IOC Confirms Beijing Games Will Not Be PostponedĪfter two countries earlier this week raised the issue of whether the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing would be postponed, the International Olympic Committee, has made it clear that the Games will go on as scheduled. Previous Coverage on COVID’s Effect on the Sports-Event Industry NBA 2021–2022 Fan Policies for COVID | NHL 2021–2022 Fan Policies for COVID As events come back online and as destinations, venues and event organizers determine capacity limits for fans along with health and safety protocols for their events, here is a look at where things stand. The coronavirus outbreak has forced difficult decisions for the sports-event industry. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
January 2023
Categories |