“All services for athletes will remain unchanged, but in some optional areas, the IOC decided to choose from the study.”
Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, April 16 (Reporter Prince Jiang) The International Olympic Committee and Tokyo Olympic organizing committee held a video conference on the 16th to reach a framework agreement on the problems they faced after the Olympic games were postponed, the two sides agreed to set up a joint steering committee to supervise all preparations throughout the process.
The statement issued after the meeting said that the joint steering committee was led by Yoshiro Mori, chairman of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, and Coates, chairman of the Tokyo Olympic Games Coordination Committee of the International Olympic Committee, the members also included the chief executive officer of the Olympic organizing committee, minlang Wu, and the executive director of the Olympic Games department of the International Olympic Committee, Christopher Dolby, who were also the main participants of the meeting that day.
“The meeting of the joint steering committee will be held whenever necessary to ensure smooth coordination and effective decision-making.” The statement said.
Both sides also agreed at the meeting to take measures to minimize the extra expenditure caused by the delay of Tokyo Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee also said that it would evaluate the amount of extra expenses as soon as possible.
Coates said: “We will explore all possible opportunities to simplify and optimize the scale and service of the Olympic Games in order to reduce the expenditure caused by the delay of the Olympic Games.”
He also said: “All services for athletes will remain unchanged, but there must be some dispensable Fields. The IOC decided to choose from the study.” He revealed that there was room for saving expenses in security and related hospitality.
Coates also repeated the words of Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee, when the Olympic games were postponed: “We believe that the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games can become a beacon of hope in the world’s difficulties, the Olympic flame can become the light at the end of the tunnel in today’s world.”
The statement also said that the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee would require all owners of competition venues to do the competition according to the date of the new schedule, and said that a series of measures to deal with the new Crown epidemic will be added to the preparatory plan.
The statement also revealed that the joint steering committee will carefully review the preparatory plan this month in order to determine a new road map in May.