Mexico City / 03/22/2020 8:30:22 PM
Although at the moment the Olympic Games of Tokyo 2020 still standing, the emergency of Coronavirus has done rethinking many things in the International Olympic Committee and in the different committees of all countries, with Canada being the first nation to decide not to attend.
Just this March 22 the IOC He assured that he does not plan to postpone the Olympic Games, although in Japan does raise the possibility of suspending the event and although everything is in the air, Canada He decided that he will not send representatives and they announced it with a statement.
“The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and the Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC), with the support of its Athletes Commissions, National Sports Organizations and the Government of Canada, have made the difficult decision not to send Canadian teams to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the summer of 2020.
“The COC and the CPC make an urgent appeal to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (ICC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) for what postpone the Games for a year and we offer you our full support to help overcome all the complexities that it will bring the reprogramming of the Games. While we recognize the complexities inherent in a delay, nothing is more important than the health and safety of our athletes and the global community.
AUSTRALIA ALSO REQUESTS TO POSTPONE OLYMPIC GAMES
After the possible postponement was raised, Australia joined the idea of postponing the Olympic games, as their athletes would not be in a position to participate in July and hope the IOC decides to delay the start of the games.
“It is clear that the Games cannot be held in July. Our athletes have been magnificent in their positive attitude towards training and preparation, but stress and uncertainty have been extremely challenging for them.
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