Coates said that October this year is an important node and will assess the possibility of hosting the Olympic Games next year.
Xinhua News Agency, Canberra, May 22 (reporter Bai xuyue Dongxing) Australian media reported on the 22nd that John Coates, chairman of the Tokyo Olympic Games Coordination Committee, said that affected by the new coronavirus epidemic, the Tokyo Olympic Games may not be held.
Australian newspaper, the mainstream media in Australia, reported on the 22nd that Coates said at a round table meeting of sports executives that the organizers would face “practical problems” in hosting the Tokyo Olympic Games next year “, if the Olympic Games could not be held as scheduled at that time, it would not be held again.
Coates is Australian. He said that even if the vaccine can be developed and approved before next July, it may not be enough to ensure that the Olympic Games can be held as scheduled.
On March this year, the International Olympic Committee and the Japanese government jointly announced that, affected by the epidemic, the Tokyo Olympic games originally scheduled to open on July this year was postponed for one year to the opening on July 23, 2021.
“We have practical problems,” Coates said, “We have 11000 athletes to participate in the competition, and 5,000 technical officials and coaches…… The Olympic organizing committee currently has more than 4,000 staff members and 60000 volunteers.”
Coates said that October this year was an important node and the possibility of hosting the Olympic Games next year would be evaluated.