[Tokyo 27th, Reuters]–Haruyuki Takahashi, director of the Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, may decide whether or not the Tokyo Olympics can be held in July as scheduled, depending on the support of the United States and US President Biden. He expressed his view. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported.
The Tokyo Olympics have already been postponed for one year due to the worldwide epidemic of the new coronavirus. The number of people infected with corona is increasing and public support for the Olympics is declining, but the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Tokyo Olympics Organizing Committee have said that there will be no re-postponement.
According to the WSJ, Mr. Takahashi said in an interview that Mr. Biden was responding to the “difficult” situation surrounding Corona, and said that he would say such positive things as “the Olympics will be held somehow.” It’s going to be a very unfavorable move. “
The event was “depending on the United States,” and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Bach and the IOC continued that they could not make a decision. The IOC did not have that level of leadership.
Mr Biden has not publicly commented on the Olympics since he took office last week.
The IOC responded to the WSJ that Mr. Takahashi’s remarks were “obsolete.” “It’s a shame I don’t know the facts,” he said.
The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has the right to decide on the US team, stressing that USOPC has never left any doubt about US participation.
The USOPC posted on Twitter last week, “I haven’t received any information that the Olympics will not be held as planned.”
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