Олимпийските игри в Токио се отлагат! Само 48 часа след като МОК обяви, че ще вземе окончателно решение за олимпиадата в рамките на следващите четири седмици, стана ясно, че най-големия спортен форум на планетата се отлага за 2021 година.

Тази промяна стана факт, след като днес японският премиер Шиндзо Абе официално поиска от президента на Международния олимпийски комитет Томас Бах едногодишно отлагане на игрите заради глобалната пандемия от коронавирус.

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Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, and the Prime Minister of Japan, Abe Shinzo, held a conference call this morning to discuss the constantly changing environment with regard to COVID-19 and the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. They were joined by Mori Yoshiro, the President of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee; the Olympic Minister, Hashimoto Seiko; the Governor of Tokyo, Koike Yuriko; the Chair of the IOC Coordination Commission, John Coates; IOC Director General Christophe De Kepper; and the IOC Olympic Games Executive Director, Christophe Dubi. President Bach and Prime Minister Abe expressed their shared concern about the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, and what it is doing to people’s lives and the significant impact it is having on global athletes’ preparations for the Games. In a very friendly and constructive meeting, the two leaders praised the work of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and noted the great progress being made in Japan to fight against COVID-19. The unprecedented and unpredictable spread of the outbreak has seen the situation in the rest of the world deteriorating. Yesterday, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that the COVID-19 pandemic is “accelerating”. There are more than 375,000 cases now recorded worldwide and in nearly every country, and their number is growing by the hour. In the present circumstances and based on the information provided by the WHO today, the IOC President and the Prime Minister of Japan have concluded that the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo must be rescheduled to a date beyond 2020 but not later than summer 2021, to safeguard the health of the athletes, everybody involved in the Olympic Games and the international community. The leaders agreed that the Olympic Games in Tokyo could stand as a beacon of hope to the world during these troubled times and that the Olympic flame could become the light at the end of the tunnel in which the world finds itself at present. Therefore, it was agreed that the Olympic flame

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“Предложих на президента Бах да обмисли отлагане с около една година, за да направим възможно спортистите да участват в най-доброто си състояние и събитието да се проведе в безопасност за зрителите. Той се съгласи на 100%”, заяви Абе.

After his telephone talks with IOC President Bach, PM Abe spoke to the press and explained that the two have agreed that the Tokyo Olympic Games would not be cancelled, and the games will be held by the summer of 2021. pic.twitter.com/ihe8To2g3R

— PM’s Office of Japan (@JPN_PMO) March 24, 2020

Новата дата все още не е официално потвърдена от нито един член на МОК. Едногодишното отлагане важи и за Параолимпийските игри.
Това е първото отлагане на най-големия спортен форум в 124-годишната история на Олимпийските игри. Преди това Олимпиадата е отменяна изцяло само по време на I и II Световни войни – през 1916, 1940 и 1944 г., но никога не е прекратявана или отлагана.

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