When interviewed by Xinhua News Agency, the spokesman of the International Olympic Committee and Tokyo Olympic organizing committee expressed their confidence in hosting the Tokyo Olympic Games next year.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 22 (reporter Ji Ye, Wang Meng, Prince Jiang) on the 22nd, after the announcement of the cancellation of the Tokyo Olympic Games, the spokesman of the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee was interviewed by Xinhua news agency reporters, they also expressed their confidence in hosting the Tokyo Olympics next year.
International Olympic Committee President Bach said in an interview with the media on the 21st that if the Tokyo Olympic Games, which was postponed for one year, could not be held in 2021, it would be canceled. Later, the chief executive officer of Tokyo organizing committee for the Olympic Games, Mr Wu, immediately retorted that the statement that the Olympic Games could not be held next year would be canceled was not a consensus between Tokyo organizing committee and the International Olympic Committee, he also didn’t think Bach would cancel the Olympics.
One day later, when answering the Xinhua News Agency reporter’s proposal that “whether the IOC and the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee have reached a consensus on the conditions for canceling the Tokyo Olympic Games”, the IOC spokesman replied by email: “Our Japanese partners and Japanese Prime Minister have made it clear that Japan cannot afford to postpone the Tokyo Olympics until next summer. In front of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee and the whole country of Japan, it is a huge project. First of all, you need to make sure that the Olympic village can be used, because it is the core of the Olympic Games. The same is true for all competition venues. Thousands of people need to continue working, and all partners, sponsors and governments at all levels need to work together. The extension of the Olympic Games will make all parties compromise.”
At the same time, the IOC spokesman also expressed confidence in next year’s event. “There is no ready-made template for the postponed Olympic Games (which can be followed), but the IOC is very confident that all the complicated factors will eventually be integrated to bring us an excellent Olympic Games.”
Tokyo Olympic organizing committee spokesman Gao Gu zhengzhe told Xinhua news agency reporters on the 22nd that Tokyo Olympic organizing committee and the International Olympic Committee are “closely cooperating” and fully preparing for the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Gao Gu zhengzhe said: “The new date of the Olympic Games has been set, and our mission is to prepare the best stage for next year’s Olympic Games.”
He also said: “The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee and the International Olympic Committee are working closely together, and the International Olympic Committee has devoted all its efforts to hold the Olympic Games in 2021.”
Yoshiro Mori, chairman of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, also expressed the view that the Olympic Games will be canceled once it cannot be carried out next year in an interview with Japanese media at the end of April. In this regard, the chief executive officer of Tokyo organizing committee for the Olympic Games Wu Fujio explained on the 21st: “chairman Yoshiro Mori at that time meant that we should have a strong mind, that is, to actively prepare for the Olympic Games and strive for a successful hosting in 2021. In fact, chairman Bach has said on many occasions that there is still more than a year before the opening of the Olympic Games. We should have enough time to prepare for the Olympic games as scheduled.”