Tokyo Summer Olympic Games 2020 News

[Jan Linha 590]

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1109067/athletes-positive-covid-test-tokyo-2020

 

Huuuge good news for the Games!!! 100% agree

[dcro 10,210]

"If the athlete was not able to compete in the final and would have receive a diploma for their participation, they will receive that.

 

What a wonderful consolation...

[Vic Liu 1,686]

43 minutes ago, Jan Linha said:

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1109067/athletes-positive-covid-test-tokyo-2020

 

Huuuge good news for the Games!!! 100% agree

It’s not that fair as it looks. it’s humanitarian but not fairness. For example, I lost in semi final but my opponent found COVID positive after that so I advance in final. And then I cherish this opportunity a lot, I defeated my opponent in final so I am the champion. To conclude I lost semifinal but I am the champion just because my opponent got a specific virus called COVID. But if he withdrew due to diarrhea then it’s a another story.

[dcro 10,210]

29 minutes ago, Vic Liu said:

It’s not that fair as it looks. it’s humanitarian but not fairness. For example, I lost in semi final but my opponent found COVID positive after that so I advance in final. And then I cherish this opportunity a lot, I defeated my opponent in final so I am the champion. To conclude I lost semifinal but I am the champion just because my opponent got a specific virus called COVID. But if he withdrew due to diarrhea then it’s a another story.

I wouldn't agree. Athletes can still choose to compete if they have diarrhea. They are forbidden to compete if they have COVID.

[Vic Liu 1,686]

7 minutes ago, dcro said:

I wouldn't agree. Athletes can still choose to compete if they have diarrhea. They are forbidden to compete if they have COVID.

For the withdrawer more or less similar, it's both very unlucky for them. But for their opponents(and opponents' future opponents), not for withdrawers, it's the real unfair part. Why could they benefit from opponents's withdrawal for one specific reason? They could withdraw for 100 reasons, but one of them makes me go to the next round.

[heywoodu 15,253]

1 hour ago, Jan Linha said:

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1109067/athletes-positive-covid-test-tokyo-2020

 

Huuuge good news for the Games!!! 100% agree

So basically an athlete who does not start, will be listed as did not start.

 

[Orangehair43 252]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/57486942

The six day rule might really mess up Tennis and Golf where the participants are less devoted to the games.

[Orangehair43 252]

Also I do wonder how many participants will be caught breaking rules - over the Covid crisis a lot of sport stars have come across as pretty idiotic and unable to follow the rules even when breaking them has consequences for their dreams and ambitions.

[Joseph Hudson 35 1]

in somewhat surprising news  Naomi Osaka  will play at the Olympics 

[Monzanator 4,579]

Why surprising? The Games are in Japan after all