[POLL] Should the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games be cancelled, postponed or held at any cost?

[dcro 10,210]

Meanwhile, German stars Isabell Werth and Sonke Rothenberger are all in favor of postponement.

 

Isabell Werth is basically the most honest athlete I know of, so there's that...

 

http://www.eurodressage.com/index.php/2020/03/19/isabell-werth-tokyo-olympics-incomprehensible-delay-tactic-ioc-and-japanese

[phelps 7,657]

10 minutes ago, dcro said:

I don't see "Postpone it to September/October 2020" option.

 

see explaination above...

[ChandlerMne 1,031]

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[LDOG 2,418]

hace 6 minutos, dcro dijo:

Meanwhile, German stars Isabell Werth and Sonke Rothenberger are all in favor of postponement.

 

Isabell Werth is basically the most honest athlete I know of, so there's that...

 

http://www.eurodressage.com/index.php/2020/03/19/isabell-werth-tokyo-olympics-incomprehensible-delay-tactic-ioc-and-japanese

 

Still, I'm waiting for one of these big name athletes to categorically say "I won't participate, end of story."

Until that happens, IOC won't take their opinions seriously, sadly.

[rybak 3,179]

The Games should be definitely postponed to 2021. Even if Japan will be free from virus until July there is no reason to risk health and life of athletes and spectators for two weeks event, because surely in many countries virus won't be defeated until summer and athletes/fans can transfer the virus to Japan once again and infected thousands of people. For now athletes even can't qualify to these Games because everything everywhere is postponed/cancelled, many of them stays in home and can't prepare as they planned it, changing qualification system 4 months before Games is unfair even considering current situation. Let's everyone recover from this virus to next year, there is no need to be hurry, life is more important than a sport.

[thiago_simoes 1,423]

I believe they should be postponed to September or October this year. There's no option to vote for this, though.

[Wumo 3,000]

I guess this article fits in this thread.

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1092141/athletes-take-ioc-to-task-coronavirus

 

I'm curious to know how you on the forum think IOC should act, in your opinion, to a situation like this? 

[De_Gambassi 1,223]

At this point, I really can't see how Tokyo could host the Olympics before a vaccine is found....

 

 

[thiago_simoes 1,423]

1 hour ago, Olympian1010 said:

Probably because it isn’t a realistic one...

Sure, hosting it in July seems a lot more realistic as a valid an entry for this poll. 

[Olympian1010 7,951]

5 minutes ago, Wumo said:

I guess this article fits in this thread.

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1092141/athletes-take-ioc-to-task-coronavirus

 

I'm curious to know how you on the forum think IOC should act, in your opinion, to a situation like this? 

I think they’ve handled it correctly so far. I do believe they should listen to athlete opinions more though.