Quaker2001 246 Posted March 9, 2020 #1321 Share Posted March 9, 2020 3 hours ago, thiago_simoes said: 2% mortality rate beats 0%. I'd be hysterical if I had to go to an event and risk contracting a virus that could kill me instead of staying home and not risking anything. And at the same time, risk people contracting the virus and spreading it all over the world. The risk of holding the Olympics isn't just that people attending will get sick, but that they'll be a danger to others. Cancelling sporting events is being overly cautious to be sure, but if doing that for a few weeks might help contain the spread of the virus, that's a small price to pay to potentially save people's lives. thiago_simoes and AlFHg 2 Paris 2024 competition schedule by Day Paris 2024 competition schedule by Sport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,474 Posted March 11, 2020 #1322 Share Posted March 11, 2020 (edited) This scaled down version of the flame ceremony has me really bummed out. As an agnostic, this is about as close as I come to witnessing a religious event (at least in terms of how sacred it is for me). All of the fun has been sucked out of it, and I honestly don’t even want to watch it now. I might just rewatch the Rio 2016 one honestly. I will say that I don’t blame the HOC, IOC, or Tokyo2020 at all. They’re just had to play by the rules Coronavirus has forced them to. Edited March 11, 2020 by Olympian1010 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,474 Posted March 12, 2020 #1323 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Probably won’t be able to catch today’s ceremony live, so enjoy it for me. “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,594 Posted March 14, 2020 #1324 Share Posted March 14, 2020 PM Shinzo Abe says the Tokyo Games will go ahead (of course this could still change but it appears the virus has shifted from Asia to Europe now): https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/51888491 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted March 17, 2020 #1325 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Abe remains delusional while 63% of Japanese would prefer to have the Olympics postponed. Only 23% would want them to be held as planned. Benolympique 1 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Liu 1,591 Posted March 17, 2020 #1326 Share Posted March 17, 2020 30 minutes ago, dcro said: Abe remains delusional while 63% of Japanese would prefer to have the Olympics postponed. Only 23% would want them to be held as planned. I hope IOC decide it later in May. If decision made by current situation, it must be postponed. But what if it’s contained in May, it’s still possible. opruh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,852 Posted March 17, 2020 #1327 Share Posted March 17, 2020 on the Italian press there are strong rumors that next Thurday, after the meet with the International Federations of the Olympic Sports, IOC President Thomas Bach (himself an Olympic Champion in Fencing in 1976, to be remembered ) will announce that the Tokyo Olympic Games are postponed to 2022... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,547 Posted March 17, 2020 #1328 Share Posted March 17, 2020 27 minutes ago, phelps said: on the Italian press there are strong rumors that next Thurday, after the meet with the International Federations of the Olympic Sports, IOC President Thomas Bach (himself an Olympic Champion in Fencing in 1976, to be remembered ) will announce that the Tokyo Olympic Games are postponed to 2022... The biggest thing here is that Bach apparently was an Olympic champion in fencing in 1976, who knew! If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sindo 1,224 Posted March 17, 2020 #1329 Share Posted March 17, 2020 29 minutes ago, phelps said: on the Italian press there are strong rumors that next Thurday, after the meet with the International Federations of the Olympic Sports, IOC President Thomas Bach (himself an Olympic Champion in Fencing in 1976, to be remembered ) will announce that the Tokyo Olympic Games are postponed to 2022... This would fuck up also all the qualifications to 2024 Olympics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De_Gambassi 896 Posted March 17, 2020 #1330 Share Posted March 17, 2020 à l’instant, Sindo a dit : This would fuck up also all the qualifications to 2024 Olympics I don't think that will be much of a problem. Two years are more than enough for the qualifications. They will just start right after Tokyo. Olympian1010 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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