IOC Executive Board (EB) and Athletes’ Commission to discuss COVID-19 countermeasures for Tokyo 2020 Olympics

IOC Executive Board (EB) and Athletes’ Commission to discuss COVID-19 countermeasures for Tokyo 2020 Olympics
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On Wednesday, the Executive Board (EB) and Athlete’s Commission (AC) of International Olympic Committee (IOC) discussed the COVID-19 countermeasures for Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The health and safety of athletes is one of the key principles for delivering the Olympic Games next year. With that in mind, the IOC EB and AC discussed about delivering the Games while preserving the athlete experience.

In September, a series of measures were agreed upon to make the Olympic Games 2020 fit for a post-corona world. The possible COVID-19 countermeasures necessary for protecting the health of all Tokyo 2020 participants have been grouped into seven categories.

  • Travel/country access
  • Physical distancing
  • Personal protective equipment/cleaning
  • Food and beverage
  • Testing/tracking/isolating
  • Information provision
  • Vaccines

IOC is working closely with International Federations, National Olympic Committees and other organisers. It is being done in order to receive the vital input as a part of the ongoing review of best practices and key learnings taken after the resumption of sporting events in Japan and all around the world.

“Athletes will have to be flexible,” says Chair of IOC AC, Kirsty Coventry, regarding the COVID-19 countermeasures for Tokyo 2020 Games

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IOC president Thomas Bach

In Wednesday’s meeting, the Chair of IOC AC, Kirsty Coventry, expressed the support of the Commission.

“We are fully supportive that the most important point is to ensure that we can deliver the Olympic Games in a safe environment for all participants, in particular the athletes. The health and safety of athletes and Games participants has been quite rightly the key consideration every step of the way,” she said.

She further explained the need to be flexible for this year’s Games.

“We also appreciate that there is a need to be flexible in all other areas of requirements and operations, in order for the Games to be safe for everyone, and simply to allow them to take place. This means that athletes will have to be flexible, like everyone else, in their expectations regarding what would normally be in place at the Games,” she added.

IOC president, Thomas Bach, thanked the IOC AC for the good co-operation with the IOC.

“The IOC Athletes’ Commission is the only commission of the IOC which meets with the IOC EB directly. The athletes are part of every decision the IOC is taking by being represented on all the commissions, and also by having the Chair, Kirsty Coventry, as a full member of the IOC EB,” he said.

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