A year ago, Such the celebration was 100 days before the start of the Olympics, however everything was arrested because of covid-19. Today, the holiday is repeated after a pandemic that forced the postponement of the summer competition, which will take place this year, although with uncertainty on the surface.
Although this part of the world is still Tuesday, April 13, in the Japanese countries it is already Wednesday 14 and therefore the countdown to the Olympic Games which starts at number 100. The holiday is more cautious, as after the cancellation of last year’s fair, the ravages of coronavirus continue to follow the Tokyo 2020 edition, which decided to keep this name due to the registration of the trademark for the production of goods and other activities. contract.
“It simply came to our notice then. The games will start on July 23 and I think this is a great credit for what President Bach, I, and others have described as the best prepared Games in history“said John Coates, chairman of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Steering Committee.
And uncertainty has been the banner of these Olympics, as there is still doubt about the achievement of increase in infections which was registered in the country.
“I do not hesitate to say that the Games will take place as well they will be as safe as possible. All measures have been implemented to deal with Covid-19 to ensure the safety of the public, athletes and everyone else. “
Many things will be different in these Olympic Games, because for the first time, the foreign public will not be able to support their athletes or to wave their flags in the stands. Only the Japanese will have the privilege of seeing each chapter which is written in each of the 42 sports.
The case of North Korea
The country will be missing from the games “To protect their athletes from the global health crisis caused by malicious viral infections,” it was announced on a government-run website.
North Korea participated in all the Olympic Games since 1972, except in 1984 in Los Angeles, when it joined the Soviet boycott, and in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. North Korean athletes won 16 gold medals.
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