Will the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games be cancelled?

[Dragon 1,894]

 

[Vektor 3,326]

  On 5/12/2021 at 11:55 AM, phelps said:

that's not the reason...

 

the athletes simply refused to have a 15-day quarantine period before the training camp, the the camp itself and maybe another quarantine after voming home from Japan (which currently is the required procedure in many Countries)...

 

if they accepted that situation, they would miss all the lucrative DL and Continental Tour meets scheduled before and after the training camp...

 

the athletes and their federation (and especially the USTF) don't give a crap about the current Japanese situation since they have got their vaccination (all those who wanted) with the very effective Moderna or Pfizer vaccines and they wouldn't have any contact with the Japanese population in any case during that camp nor the Olympics...

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I am just saying what they claim officially, which is that the training camp was cancelled due to safety concerns. This is the narrative that the people in charge are selling to the media, not that the quarantine would have been inconvenient. 

 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-12/us-track-team-cancels-olympics-training-in-japan-on-virus

 

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The U.S. team notified the decision last month to authorities in Chiba prefecture, located next to Tokyo, saying the pandemic would put athletes’ safety at risk, according to Takuya Iida, an official in charge of the training camps in the prefecture. The team had planned to train in July and August. Some other national teams have also canceled training camps for similar reasons, he said.

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[rafalgorka 1,634]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/may/12/tokyo-olympics-moving-fully-ahead-as-protester-disrupts-press-conference?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

[Monzanator 4,610]

  On 5/12/2021 at 10:15 AM, Orangehair43 said:

That’s worrying. The minute USOC or Biden says withdrawal should happen then it will happen. 

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Biden is a Big Tech puppet. If NBC tells him US athletes have to take part in Tokyo, he won't have anything to say.

[Orangehair43 254]

https://www.firstpost.com/sports/tokyo-olympics-2020-i-have-mixed-feelings-golfer-hideki-matsuyama-latest-japanese-star-to-voice-doubts-over-safety-of-games-9615721.html
 

https://japantoday.com/category/tokyo-2020-olympics/update-2-olympics-tokyo-2020-sponsor-toyota-conflicted-over-pandemic-olympics
 

https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/Rafael_Nadal/97940/rafael-nadal-unsure-about-playing-tokyo-olympics-/

 

https://www.news18.com/news/sports/31-town-administrations-in-and-around-tokyo-not-to-host-tokyo-olympic-athletes-3732509.html
 

 

While the IOC is positive athletes and on the ground is less so.

[Vic Liu 1,686]

  On 5/13/2021 at 9:28 AM, Orangehair43 said:

https://www.firstpost.com/sports/tokyo-olympics-2020-i-have-mixed-feelings-golfer-hideki-matsuyama-latest-japanese-star-to-voice-doubts-over-safety-of-games-9615721.html
 

https://japantoday.com/category/tokyo-2020-olympics/update-2-olympics-tokyo-2020-sponsor-toyota-conflicted-over-pandemic-olympics
 

https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/Rafael_Nadal/97940/rafael-nadal-unsure-about-playing-tokyo-olympics-/

 

https://www.news18.com/news/sports/31-town-administrations-in-and-around-tokyo-not-to-host-tokyo-olympic-athletes-3732509.html
 

 

While the IOC is positive athletes and on the ground is less so.

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Why always ask tennis/golf these professional athletes. Why not ask swimmer/badminton/karate/weightlifting athletes?

[macozar 3]

Nadal is not sure, and it's just about season planning, not about pandemic (i'm from Spain). Furthermore, Nadal said exatcly the dame before Río and later he came. Hideki is a golf player, do you remember golf and zika in Rio?

 

However, all athletes will be vaccinated, what is then the problem?

 

If hoy hate Olympics, what are you doing here Orangehair?

[LDOG 2,425]

  On 5/13/2021 at 9:51 AM, macozar said:

Nadal is not sure, and it's just about season planning, not about pandemic (i'm from Spain). Hideki is a golf player, do you remember golf and zika in Rio?

 

If hoy hate Olympics, what are you doing here Orangehair?

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He's the forum's troll, just ignore.

 

 

Welcome by the way.

[macozar 3]

  On 5/13/2021 at 9:54 AM, LDOG said:

He's the forum's troll, just ignore.

 

 

Welcome by the way.

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Thanks mate.

 

I think that he's just a Trojan Horse about counter-olympics, lol

[Fly_like_a_don 1,112]

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1107680/tokyo-2020-sports-doctor-request

 

Problem 1/2 Solved - Doctors

 

The 2nd problem will be 500 nurses. But as Suga said nurses who have retired can just come for the noble cause might come ( 150-200).A few nurses will take this opportunity to meet sportperson (150-200).A few would find this task easier and safer than taking care of old people (100-150) . And if the curve falls a few more will join . So all in all once we get enough nurses and cases dont increase drastically it's safe to say the games will go ahead. 

 

The next 3 weeks are absolutely crucial.