Corona's injury and the uncertain journey to the Olympics
The International Olympic Committee (IOC), along with the Tokyo Olympic
Organizing Committee and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), is adamant
not to postpone the Olympics, despite concerns that the virus could spread to
Japan through attacks in China and South Korea. Held position. But in the end,
they all had to bow to the virus, and after discussions with the organizing
committee of the Tokyo Olympics, the IOC decided to postpone the Games by a
year. According to the new schedule, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will start on July
23, 2021. But how will the Olympics go backward?
Construction of Tokyo's new national stadium, scheduled for the opening and
closing ceremonies and track and field, was completed late last year. Near the
end is the Olympic Village, designated for athletes. Several new venues have
also been created. On the other hand, after the Olympic fire in Greece at the
end of February, the Olympic flame also moved to Japan. Starting from Fukushima
in late March There was talk of a nationwide Olympic torch race. Everything is
locked for now.
In an interview with the BBC last month, IOC President Thomas Bach said
that if the 2021 Summer Olympics were not held, we would have to forget about
the 2020 Olympics. In other words, the hosting of the Olympics in Tokyo will
not take place at all. The IOC's tough stance is due to financial gains and
losses. Most of the money spent on the Tokyo Olympics came from the host city
of Tokyo and the Japanese government. On the other hand, the International
Olympic Committee has already spent a lot of money. IOC money usually comes
from the sale of broadcasting rights, while the host city gets a large share of
ticket sales, but not the entire cost. However, neither the host city nor the
country is reluctant to spend money on hosting the Olympics because of the
publicity and respect involved. But a year back is now changing all previous
calculations And the organizing committee is now having to rethink the
organization of the Olympics. Not only that, in some cases the committee has to
calculate the loss.
After the Olympic Village competition, which is almost over for the 2020
Tokyo Olympics, came to an end, the organizing committee signed contracts with
many housing companies to sell it as a flat. All those companies are pretty
Some flats have already been sold, which are to be handed over to buyers before
the end of the year. The issue of having to pay compensation to the buyers is
coming up here as it is not possible now in the changed schedule. At the same
time, the issue of what will be done with the facilities built as a temporary
venue for the Olympics is being discussed.
In addition to the new national stadium, a few other large installations
have to be left as white elephants as the coronavirus has stopped all
activities. Some of them Authorities are now reopening the temporary visitors'
galleries that were already housed in the installation, for security reasons.
The Aomi Urban Sports Park in Koto Ward, Tokyo is one such facility where
sports climbing competitions will be held. Outside the limited number of
permanent seats, temporary audience seats were made using steel and pipes.
However, earthquakes or sea storms in typhoons such structures Considering the
damage, the organizing committee has already started removing it.
Meanwhile, a meeting of the IOC's executive board in Lausanne, Switzerland,
earlier this week focused on making next year's Olympics easier and more
efficient. Explaining how this will be done, IOC Executive Director Christoph
Dubey said, "Considering three simple and simple aspects of the Olympics.
Seeing. The three aspects are the quality of service, the number of items that
are usually distributed among athletes and guests during the games, and the
various venue-related activities and management. However, in a press conference
after the board meeting, IOC President Thomas Bach made it clear that it would
be a mistake to think of reducing the number of athletes in the run-up to the
Olympics.
At a press conference after the IOC executive board meeting on Thursday,
Yoshiro Mori, chairman of the Tokyo Organizing Committee, and Toshiro Muto,
chief executive officer, also emphasized the need to make the competition
easier by cutting the stylish aspects of the 2021 Games. The Tokyo Organizing
Committee, in conjunction with the International Olympic Committee, has already
identified about 200 areas to facilitate. Although mentioned, they did not give
any details at the press conference. The IOC, however, has previously mentioned
that the Olympic torch race will be included in the 200 lists.
The biggest challenge, Muto says, is to ensure protection against the
coronavirus. He added that the organizers were considering reducing the number
of people involved in sports competitions outside of athletes and that this
number would be reduced. As well as IOC officials as well as representatives of
national-level sports organizations from different countries will probably be
included.
According to various sources, the financial backlog for the Olympics is
between 200 million and 600 million, and the lion's share will be borne by
Japanese taxpayers. As a result, Japan is now taking the cost-cutting aspect
seriously. Especially to deal with the harmful effects of coronavirus With huge
sums of money already being spent by Japan, it is now difficult for Japan to
cope with the burden of overspending. Another question that worries the
organizers is what will happen to the spectators in the stadium if they are not
completely free from the virus. There is no doubt that the cost of hosting the
Olympics without spectators will make it even more impossible to raise money.
Asked at a news conference about the presence of spectators, Mori said
spectator attendance at the Olympics is very important. And so they will decide
what to do as they monitor the progress of the coronavirus situation. But at
the same time, he has confirmed that he wants to see the opening of the
Olympics on July 23, 2021.
That's why Mori may have been so vocal about the rescheduling of the
Olympics that he knows for sure that if Japan loses that opportunity again, it
won't be possible to come to Tokyo for the 2020 Olympics, and all the huge
money spent on hosting the Olympics may be wasted. Will rise.
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