As the International Cricket Council meets today to decide the fate of T20 World Cup, the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) is scheduled to meet via video conference to discuss the fate of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
IOC Executive Board to discuss Tokyo Olympics way forward
The Executive Board of IOC will discuss the latest situation regarding the postponed Tokyo 2020 Games during a video conference tomorrow.
During the video conference, both the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee and the chair of the IOC Coordination Commission John Coates will deliver reports on the effort to ready Tokyo to host an Olympics postponed by one year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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There will also be an update from the IOC’s Tokyo 2020 task force. An update on the Tokyo 2020 “Here We Go” task-force, established to navigate the logistical challenges, escalated cost issues caused after the Games were moved to next year because of coronavirus, will also be heard.
Organisers have been left with severe logistical headaches with the Olympics now scheduled to open on July 23 next year.
IOC Executive board to discuss – Doubts surrounding the Tokyo Olympics”
Doubts also still remain about the Games going ahead in their new slot, due to fears that coronavirus restrictions will not significantly ease in time.
Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant, the chairman of the Paris 2024 Coordination Commission, will report on the Games in the French capital.
The Belgian claimed last week that a final decision on whether Tokyo 2020 can go ahead will be made “in the spring” if questions over the coronavirus crisis persist.
Officials have already admitted that some areas of the mega-event are likely to be “scaled back” if competition is held as planned in 2021