Will the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games be cancelled?

[Orangehair43 285]

With the latest lockdown in Melbourne are the Australian people really going to be happy seeing a lot of athletes and officials flying.To Japan and then having to quarantine on return . Wouldn’t be shocked to Australia talking about withdrawing soon. 

[Orangehair43 285]

 

[heywoodu 16,129]

13 minutes ago, Orangehair43 said:

With the latest lockdown in Melbourne are the Australian people really going to be happy seeing a lot of athletes and officials flying.To Japan and then having to quarantine on return .

Yes, because if there's a serious lockdown, then at least they have something interesting to watch during the day.

[dcro 10,210]

14 minutes ago, Orangehair43 said:

 

Of course they will say this. The IOC will not be the one to pull the plug.

 

It's all up to Tokyo. They lose money either way, but which one is more preferrable is for the argument.

[macozar 3]

25 minutes ago, Orangehair43 said:

With the latest lockdown in Melbourne are the Australian people really going to be happy seeing a lot of athletes and officials flying.To Japan and then having to quarantine on return . Wouldn’t be shocked to Australia talking about withdrawing soon. 

 

Sure. That's why aussies are contesting qualifying tournaments around the world. For example, just today the 3x3 OQT un Austria. It's only for cheating.

[heywoodu 16,129]

15 minutes ago, dcro said:

Of course they will say this. The IOC will not be the one to pull the plug.

 

It's all up to Tokyo. They lose money either way, but which one is more preferrable is for the argument.

We're going to be hard-pressed to find a larger lose-lose situation in the world of sports indeed..

[rybak 3,317]

1 hour ago, Orangehair43 said:

With the latest lockdown in Melbourne are the Australian people really going to be happy seeing a lot of athletes flying toJapan and then having to quarantine on return. Wouldn’t be shocked to Australia talking about withdrawing soon. 

Please stop saying of Games cancellation. Its the only one thing which you can do here? Then your life must be really poor if you spread unsense articles and says about that Games should be cancelled everday. Please find an better thing which you can do with your life. 

 

@Sindo can you ban him already?

[Oldira 88]

2 hours ago, rybak said:

Please stop saying of Games cancellation. Its the only one thing which you can do here? Then your life must be really poor if you spread unsense articles and says about that Games should be cancelled everday. Please find an better thing which you can do with your life. 

 

@Sindo can you ban him already?

 

The Chef de Mission of Team Ireland was on radio this morning pointing out that the case levels in Japan are half what we have currently in Ireland yet we are opening up. She said the feedback they are getting from places where the Irish Team will have training camps in Japan is that there in are no issues with them hosting athletes etc.

Its election year in Japan so people need to bear that in mind. That said the IOC need to be doing more to reassure the Japanese people that every precaution is being taken. A good start is that the IOC themselves need to ensure that there are no junckets etc and that the bare minimum of officials attend.  

[Fly_like_a_don 1,142]

Better suggestion, I think the thread could be closed because in the current circumstances this is not happening. Like someone might tell the games will be cancelled till July 23.

[Quaker2001 270]

4 hours ago, Orangehair43 said:

With the latest lockdown in Melbourne are the Australian people really going to be happy seeing a lot of athletes and officials flying.To Japan and then having to quarantine on return . Wouldn’t be shocked to Australia talking about withdrawing soon. 

Yes you would.  You would be absolutely stunned if Australia talked about withdraw.  GTFOH with that kind of fear-mongering.

 

I respect Australia's response to COVID in order to contain the virus, but for crying out loud, let's keep perspective on just how much COVID is circulating around Victoria right now compared to locations in other countries.