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![Does King Roger have to travel to the Olympic Games in Tokyo without his wife Mirka and the children?]()
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Does King Roger have to travel to the Olympic Games in Tokyo without his wife Mirka and the children?
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![Federer is said to have canceled the Australian Open, among other things, because he could not take the family with him.]()
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Federer is said to have canceled the Australian Open, among other things, because he could not take the family with him.
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![It is very important for the Swiss tennis maestro to have his family with him at tournaments.]()
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It is very important for the Swiss tennis maestro to have his family with him at tournaments.
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![It is also still unclear whether fans from abroad are allowed to enter the country.]()
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It is also still unclear whether fans from abroad are allowed to enter the country.
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![77 percent of the Japanese are against letting in viewers from abroad.]()
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77 percent of the Japanese are against letting in viewers from abroad.
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On Monday the Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games 2021 in Tokyo (July 23rd to August 8th) announced that the start of the traditional Olympic torch relay will take place on March 25th without spectators. The torch relay is set to cross 47 prefectures of Japan and end on July 23 at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. A hot dance while several prefectures are still in the Corona emergency.
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Another hot question is whether spectators will be admitted to the games at the end of July. And whether the athletes are allowed to bring their families with them.
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Already let Australia slip away
Especially in the case of Roger Federer, a hot potato. It is well known how important it is to the Swiss tennis maestro that he has his loved ones with him at tournaments. Among other things, he is said to have refrained from participating in the Australian Open in January because he could not take his wife Mirka and four children with him to Melbourne due to the strict entry regulations and Corona rules of conduct.
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Before the torch relay, the representatives of the Japanese government, the regional authority of Tokyo, the organizing committee as well as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) want to meet and make a decision.
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“This is difficult”
However, it looks very bad for Federer. Because the new OC boss Seiko Hashimoto told the Japanese daily “Mainichi Shimbun”: “I have to say with a heavy heart: This is difficult.”
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The athletes would have the chance to participate “possibly only once in their life”, according to Hashimoto, which is why she wants “on an emotional level that families can watch”. But one has to think of the country’s health system.
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“Children talk a lot about Japan”
Especially bitter for the Federer family, who have already done it to Japan after visiting in 2019. His wife Mirka “love the country and the culture, and so do I,” said Federer in December, still full of anticipation. And: “Even my children still talk so much about Japan. I am really amazed at the positive impact this experience has left on them. “
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At the Olympics in Sydney 21 years ago, the then young Roger captured Mirka’s heart with a kiss. This is unlikely to happen in 2021.
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«Being separated from family for 5 weeks is over»
How important Federer is to his family at a tournament is also shown by a statement he made to ex-professional Andre Sa, who is responsible for the athletes’ support at the Australian Open as “Head of Player Liaison”, after his cancellation.
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Without Mirka and the children to Australia? Roger quickly ruled this out, Sa said. Because of the mandatory quarantine of two weeks, he would quickly have been absent for five weeks or more. Sa: “He said: ‘Age, I’m 39, have four children, 20 Grand Slam victories. The times when I wanted to be separated from my family for five weeks are over. ›»
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Government considers viewers to be “impossible”
In addition to the families, the fans will probably also be excluded from the Olympic Games. A survey of the population recently showed that 77 percent of Japanese are against letting foreign viewers into the country. The government also consider fans at the Olympics to be “impossible”, according to reports. A possibility is now being sought, but how one could still fill at least 50 percent of the stadiums should the pandemic situation improve.
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In any case, Roger Federer will be eagerly awaiting the decision. Because the Olympics are always something special for him: “Tokyo remains my goal in any case. Because I’ve seen a lot at the Olympics. In 2004 I met my wife, in 2004 and 2008 I was allowed to fly the flag – and in Beijing I won gold in doubles with Stan Wawrinka, my friend. In 2012 in London I won silver in the singles, in 2016 I missed because of an injury. Now Tokyo is my big goal. ”
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Hopefully he might be able to take his family with him after all … (wst)
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Published: 03/15/2021, 2:59 p.m.
Last updated: 15.03.2021, 8 minutes ago
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