Tokyo Summer Olympic Games 2020 News

[Monzanator 4,502]

I told ya some people will be helluva fed up with Japan if the Games get cancelled. They're showing up in this thread already

[Quaker2001 251]

3 hours ago, NearPup said:

It would have to be contingent on Japan agreeing (and potentially guaranteeing them 2032).

Japan has already been in bed with the IOC for 7.5 years.  Adding another 11 may be more than Japan is willing to handle.  I don't know what happens if they have to cancel.  But I'm not sure Japan would agree now to taking 2032

[Quaker2001 251]

1 hour ago, Fly_like_a_don said:

It's expected I think the govt will wait till march end.. With vaccinations and all they will be more confident. A spectator less Olympics is fine with me. 

It's 6 months out from the Olympics.  They'll wait this out at least a little longer because if they have to cancel, why make that call now?  I know this is the group that same last March they were going ahead and then reversed course a week later.  But that was with the entire world essentially shut down.  COVID is still here, but we're slowing learning to co-exist with it and be able to test and manage for it better.  Holding the Olympics this summer is probably still a bad idea.  But is it worse than *not* holding the Olympics this summer

[Quaker2001 251]

Japan PM says determined to realise Olympics, will cooperate with Tokyo and IOC

[Federer91 2,795]

Absolute BS to make a cancellation 6 months before the OG. These people are moronic.. Such decision should be made in may or june, when the situation is going to be much clearer. But of course, because then there won't be many cases and there will be millions of vaccinations, these idiots will wash their hands now in the middle of winter with some cowardly move. Japan is hitting with record pace my top spot of most hated countries.

[hckošice 14,829]

The Times not even worth to be used before leaving the toilet the morning...

 

 

btw fun fact literally yesterday evening in our TV, Barteková claimed that Bach is still determined to organize the games at any cost

[dcro 10,210]

Just one thing. Japan should not be a scapegoat for global entertainment.

[rafalgorka 1,530]

https://swimswam.com/dueling-reports-leave-future-of-tokyo2020-olympics-in-further-doubt/

[heywoodu 15,141]

6 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

50km Race Walk wouldn’t get a proper goodbye. Mixed Trap also will have never been an Olympic event.

 

I would still caution against taking this reporting as final at the moment.

Yay COVID-19 

 

That'll teach 'em for kicking out something awesome for that nonsense.

[heywoodu 15,141]

51 minutes ago, dcro said:

Just one thing. Japan should not be a scapegoat for global entertainment.

True. Although to be fair, Japan has been the world's number one country for completely weird entertainment since forever, no country in the world would be more fitting to host a pandemic Olympics