Due to Covid-19, 13,049 people have died across the world. Meanwhile, the IOC has asked its member countries about the effect of corona virus on players’ preparedness.
The influential track and field federation of America has also urged to postpone the Olympic Games, which has increased pressure on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to postpone Tokyo 2020. America’s Track and Field Federation (USATF) has joined the influential sports federations that have asked to postpone the Games.
Federation president Max Siegel in his letter has ‘respectfully urged’ that the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) should advocate for the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The USOPC said that the decision to postpone the games to be held between July 24 and August 9 is still too early.
IOC chief Thomas Bak also made a similar statement earlier. Seagal wrote in his letter, ‘Prioritizing the health and safety of everyone will be the right and responsible step. Recognizing the impact this difficult situation has on our players and their preparations for the Olympics. ‘
A day before the USATF, the US Swimming Federation of America asked the USOPC to support postponing the Olympic Games by 2021. The Swimming Federation of France has also said yes to his saying that sports cannot be organized properly under the present circumstances.
Spain’s athletics federation raised its voice to postpone the Games. It said in a press release, ‘The Board of Directors of the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation (RFEA) advocates for the suspension of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on behalf of the majority of Spain players.’
The Norwegian Olympic Committee (NOC) said that it has sent a letter to the IOC on Friday. The NOC said, ‘Our clear recommendations are that the Tokyo Olympic Games should not take place until the Covid-19situation is controlled globally.’
The new head of the UK’s Athletics Federation has also raised questions about the Olympics being held in an atmosphere of uncertainty about Covid-19. Due to Covid-19, 13,049 people have died across the world. Meanwhile, the IOC has asked its member countries about the effect of corona virus on players’ preparedness.
The IOC has prepared a questionnaire titled ‘Preparations forCovid-19 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games’. It has asked the Olympic Committees of its member states, ‘How do emergency guidelines related to Covid-19 limit the training and preparedness of your players.’
The ICC, in its questionnaire, asked about the possibility of changing or relocating the practice camps but did not say what she would do to the answers received.
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