Olympism: Olympic Games 2020: Swiss Olympic wrote to the IOC – Sports

In a press release published Monday on its website, Swiss Olympic takes a position on the holding of the Tokyo Olympic Games, scheduled from July 24 to August 9. “In the past few days, several National Olympic Committees as well as sports federations from other countries have taken a stand in relation to the hosting of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and have asked for a postponement or cancellation. Swiss Olympic has naturally followed developments in recent days in Switzerland and in other countries. For our part, we also informed the IOC of our position on Sunday. In a letter, we clearly underlined how difficult the coaching situation is for athletes, coaches and the rest of the coaching staff under the current circumstances. “

The umbrella body of Swiss sport adds: “At the same time, we asked the IOC to fix a deadline for taking a decision on the holding of the Summer Olympic Games.” And underlines: “According to Swiss Olympic, the Games should not take place before the coronavirus crisis is mastered worldwide. For Swiss Olympic, the health and well-being of all comes first. ”

A survey of athletes

In this sense, the latest communications from the IOC seem to have reassured Swiss Olympic: “Sunday evening, the IOC announced that it wished to examine different planning scenarios due to the coronavirus crisis and that it would take a decision within four weeks. . This decision by the IOC is in line with what Swiss Olympic hoped for. We thus obtained the delay that we had requested. Swiss Olympic is well aware of the difficulty of the IOC’s task: to take a decision concerning the organization of the Olympic Games taking into account all aspects of planning (international competition calendar, stadium availability, accommodation, etc.) and all the organizations involved is extremely complicated. “

Swiss Olympic will also conduct a survey of athletes to find out their opinion.

Created: 23.03.2020, 12h37

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