It is understood that at present, all parties are still arranging preparations according to the idea that the Tokyo Olympic Games will be held as scheduled, and the current top priority is to discuss the Olympic qualifier and quota allocation.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 17 (reporter Ji Ye, Ding Wenxian) under the influence of the new Crown pneumonia epidemic, the International Olympic Committee will continue to work with the International Sports Federation and countries (regions) from the 17th. The Olympic committee, representatives of athletes and other stakeholders held a telephone meeting to discuss the preparation and preparation for the Tokyo Olympic Games. It is understood that at present, all parties are still arranging preparations according to the idea that the Tokyo Olympic Games will be held as scheduled, and the current top priority is to discuss the Olympic qualifier and quota allocation.
The source told Xinhua news agency: “The IOC and the Tokyo Olympic Games Organizing Committee are still arranging preparations according to the idea that the Tokyo Olympic Games will be held as scheduled. The problem encountered now is that the qualifier cannot be held, and the quota needs to be allocated and expanded to make the qualification distribution open, fair and fair. There are still four months to go before the Tokyo Olympic Games. I believe that the epidemic can be defeated and the Olympic Games will be held as scheduled.”
With the spread of the epidemic, world sports events have been postponed or canceled one after another, including many Olympic qualifying events. Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee, had previously admitted that the Olympic qualifier could not proceed as planned, which was a “serious problem” at present. At the same time, he hoped that all parties could flexibly deal with and solve this problem, ensure that athletes participate in the Olympic qualification fair and obtain the Olympic qualification through their performance on the field.
Before the meeting with the International Federation of individual sports, the IOC executive committee will hold a telephone meeting first. The meeting with the international sports federation mainly discussed the quota arrangement.
On the 17th, according to Japanese media reports, many members of the executive committee of Tokyo Olympic organizing committee have agreed to the plan proposed by member Gao Qiao Zhizhi to postpone the Olympic Games for one to two years, the executive committee is likely to discuss this plan at the meeting held on the 30th. In this regard, the spokesman of the International Olympic Committee told Xinhua News Agency that the IOC’s position on successfully hosting the Tokyo Olympic Games as scheduled has not changed.