因疫情扩散,加拿大第一个拒绝派遣运动员参加2020年东京奥运会

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加拿大第一个拒绝派遣运动员参加2020年东京奥运会
(消息来源:国家邮报）


周一，加拿大和澳大利亚表示，如果奥运会如期举行，他们将因为由于冠状病毒大流行而不会派运动员参加东京奥运会，以i迫使组织者推迟奥运会。


国际奥委会（IOC）和日本政府在周日和周一略微改变了他们的原先的奥运会将于7月24日按计划开始的立场，即，并宣布了为期一个月的其他“方案”i磋商。





COVID-19 Olympics: Canada the first nation to refuse to send athletes to 2020 Tokyo Games


'The world is facing a crisis and this is more important than any other sport event,' said Martin Richard, communications chief for the CPC

TORONTO/TOKYO — Canada and Australia said they would not be sending athletes to the Tokyo Olympics if the Games went ahead as scheduled this year as pressure on organisers to postpone because of the coronavirus pandemic reached fever pitch on Monday.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Japanese government had on Sunday and Monday slightly shifted their position that the Games would start as planned on July 24, announcing a month-long consultation over other “scenarios”.

That was not sufficient for the Canadians or Australians, who said they would not be participating if the Games were not pushed back to 2021.

Canada’s Olympic Committee (COC) and Paralympic Committee (CPC) released a statement saying that while they recognised the complexities of a postponement, “nothing is more important than the health and safety of our athletes and the world community”.

Martin Richard, communications chief for the CPC, said the Canadians had been hoping for a decision on Sunday and decided to withdraw when none came.

“The world is facing a crisis and this is more important than any other sport event,” he told Reuters from Ottawa.