Tokyo olympics which was to take place in 2020 but now scheduled to run from 23 July to 8 August next year after being delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic might not be played in tokyo again if it is not played in 2021 says Yoshiro Mori who is the Tokyo Olympics Games chief.
This statement is as a result of the concerns made by health experts, they have doubts if the Tokyo Olympics Games could be held next summer without the creation of a vaccine or effective drug to treat Covid-19. And this is the major reason why the Olympics was postponed until a vaccine is found they will be no Olympic games.
Because of this concerns, people now asked if the event could be moved again to 2022, the Tokyo Olympics Games chief Mori replied: “No.””In that case, the Olympics will be scrapped,” he added. However, the Tokyo 2020 president said he was confident the rescheduled Games would go ahead. “This Olympics would be much more valuable than any Olympics in the past if we could go ahead with it after winning this battle.”
“We have to believe this, otherwise our hard work and efforts will not be rewarded.” The president of Japan’s medical association, Yoshitake Yokokura, said on Tuesday it will be “difficult” to hold the Olympics in 2021 without vaccines or effective drugs being developed. “I am not saying that Japan should or shouldn’t host the Olympics, but that it would be difficult to do so,” he said.
“If the infections are under control in Japan, it will still be difficult to hold the games unless the pandemic is over in the rest of the world.” Medical experts are optimistic that a vaccine will be found by mid-2021 though others have warned there is no guarantee a vaccine can be successfully developed.
Mori also said that the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics which will now run from 24 August to 5 September 2021 could share opening and closing ceremonies as a way of cutting costs. “Given that the situation has dramatically changed, we have to review key areas, including the ceremonies,” he said. “It’s going to a considerable cut in costs and a big message of victory against the global crisis – but it’s not easy.”
However, Mori said he had not yet asked the International Olympic Committee and International Paralympic Committee whether they would agree to such a plan, and acknowledged that tickets had already been sold for the separate opening and closing ceremonies.
