(CNN Spanish) – The Tokyo Olympics are still going through setbacks.
The one-year postponement due to the pandemic, medical concerns about contagions in the fourth wave of covid-19 in Japan and for the health of volunteers, an anti-Olympics movement, and the concerns of sponsors have marked the event that is scheduled to begin on July 23, 2021.
The controversies have not stopped: first, new guidelines prevent athletes from protesting. Then, in the midst of a pandemic only in a century, the Olympics were postponed for a year, a decision that cost millions of millions of dollars. Later, to avoid an increase in infections, the arrival of international audiences to the games was prohibited. And more recently, an anti-Olympic campaign is calling for the 2021 games to be canceled.
This is what we know about the Tokyo Olympics.
The Tokyo Olympics
This is the second time the Olympics will be held in Tokyo, Japan, which previously hosted the Games in 1964. Tokyo led a failed attempt to host the 2016 Olympics.
The 1972 and 1998 Winter Games were also hosted by Japan, in Sapporo and Nagano, respectively.
For the Tokyo Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) included five new sports: skateboarding, karate, surfing, sport climbing, and baseball / softball.
Between 2017 and 2019, the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee launched its “Everyone’s Medal” campaign. With this he asked citizens to donate devices that could be stripped of their metals for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. More than 6 million used cell phones are collected, or about 79,000 tons of used cell phones and other small electronic devices.
In July 2019 the medals with a new design were presented. They have the appearance of stone and are 8.5 centimeters in diameter. All the medals will be produced from gold, silver and bronze (in this case, copper and zinc) extracted from donated cell phones and other electronic devices.
Games postponed in 2020
The coronavirus pandemic took over the world in early 2020. Amid a pandemic for the Games to be canceled or postponed, and initial pressure to delay the Olympics, the games were finally postponed until 2021.
More than a year after this controversy, with more than 161 million cases worldwide since the start of the pandemic, and more than 3.3 million deaths, the International Olympic Committee recently reaffirmed that the Olympics will take place. this year in Japan, and supported the country’s measures to combat covid-19. This as Japan battles an increase in coronavirus infections.
Japan extended the state of emergency in Tokyo and three other areas until the end of May, forcing the president of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, to postpone a visit to Japan recently.
Japan Doctors Union Calls For Olympics To Be Canceled
A union of doctors in Japan has urged the government to cancel the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Union members went to the Japanese Ministry of Health on Thursday to submit a written request addressed to Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.
“It is difficult for athletes, but someone has to say that the Games should be canceled. We made the request (to the government) because we believe that medical workers have to speak, ”Naoto Ueyama, director of the national doctors union, said at a press conference Thursday.
In the written request, Ueyama warned that the Games could become a wide-spread event as tens of thousands of athletes, coaches, officials and journalists come to Japan from all over the world. Ueyama said that even if there are no spectators, the event could lead to the circulation of vaccine-resistant variants. “It is impossible to hold a safe and secure Olympic Games against coronavirus,” wrote Ueyama.
Ueyama added that Japan’s vaccination rate is the lowest among OECD countries. He also added that anger and confusion are rampant among healthcare workers in Japan, forced to work overtime to combat the pandemic.
They denounce lack of protection measures against covid
Volunteers for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games denounced the lack of protection measures. When asked by officials how they would be protected, the organizers said they would each be given a small bottle of hand sanitizer and two masks.
“They don’t talk about vaccines, they don’t even talk about getting tested,” said German volunteer Barbara Holthus, director of the German Institute for Japanese Studies at Sophia University in Tokyo.
With 100 days to go until the Olympic Games, which have already been postponed for a year due to the new coronavirus pandemic, questions remain about how Tokyo can hold a massive sporting event and keep volunteers, athletes, officials and the Japanese public at bay. except for covid-19.
Japan says it expects to have applied 100 million doses of vaccines by the end of June. To date, it has put 5.5 million doses, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Anti-Olympic campaign collects hundreds of thousands of signatures
An online petition that was launched on May 5, asking for the cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics it has collected more than 352,000 signatures so far and was handed over to an official in the Tokyo governor’s office, the campaign organizer said on May 14.
“I started this petition because I wanted to take steps to convey the public opinion of the people,” said Kenji Utsunomiya, the main organizer of the campaign. “I would like people to sign this petition to protect people’s lives.”
Olympians, no foreigners
In March 2021, the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee said foreign spectators wishing to attend this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games will be denied entry to Japan. Organizers said all tickets purchased by overseas residents for the postponed Games, scheduled to start on July 23, will be refunded.
The decision was made after a virtual meeting between the “Five Parties”: the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG), the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee and the Government of Japan, with the IOC and IPC saying they “fully respect and accept this conclusion.”
“Given the current pandemic situation, it is highly unlikely that entry to Japan will be guaranteed this summer for people from abroad,” they said.
Sponsors express concerns for Olympics
Almost two months after the start of the Olympics, several sponsors have expressed their concerns about the realization of the sports mega-event.
For one thing, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son told CNBC on Thursday that he was “scared” for both Japan and other countries if the Tokyo Olympics would go ahead as planned this summer.
“I am very afraid of having the Olympics, not only for Japan but for many countries. They are going through a difficult situation. I don’t know how they can support sending athletes, ”Son said.
And in an earnings call on Wednesday, sponsors said they were “concerned” by public frustration directed at athletes as plans for the Tokyo Summer Olympics advance despite rising covid-19 infections in Japan and the tensions in the country’s medical systems.
Meanwhile, the United States Track and Field Team (USATF) announced Wednesday that it had canceled its pre-Olympic training camp in Japan, citing uncertainty surrounding the competition.
The decision is made when at least 35 of the 528 Olympic “host cities” in Japan have canceled agreements to host athletes during the Games.
The “Host City” project is set up to host athletes from 184 countries in Japan for cultural and training programs.
On Wednesday, International Olympic Committee (IOC) spokesman Mark Adams assured reporters that plans to host the full games are going ahead, despite growing public concern.
Athletes would be affected by a cancellation
If the Olympics are canceled, the athletes could lose the most.
World Athletics President Seb Coe told CNN Sport last week that 70% of athletes seeking Olympic participation will only get one chance to compete in what is likely to be the pinnacle of their career.
For Coe, canceling the Tokyo Olympics would be “ruling out a generation of athletes who have spent more than half of their young lives in pursuit of this moment.”
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/83682/Home/DownloadMp3_Sum_41__Screaming_Bloody_Murder_Album_Download
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/86086/Home/Download_Zip__Mp3_Janet_Suhh__Its_Okay_to_Not_Be_Okay_Full_Album_Download
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/83223/Home/ZipDownloadMp3_Daichi_Miura_Best_Album_Download
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/76515/Home/Download_Zip__Mp3_Lauren_Daigle__How_Can_It_Be_Deluxe_Edi_Full_Album_Download
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/83178/Home/ZipDownloadMp3_Katie_Melua_Album_No_8_Album_Download
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/72814/Home/DownloadMp3_David_Carreira__7_Album_Download
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/81268/Home/DownloadMp3_Gesaffelstein__Novo_Sonic_System__EP_Album_Download
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/87742/Home/DOWNLOAD_ALBUM_FCharm__Gradina_cu_spini_Zip_Mp3
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/97240/Home/DownloadMp3_Gas__Rausch_Album_Download
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/83098/Home/DOWNLOAD_ALBUM_Lecrae__Gravity_Digital_Deluxe_Zip_Mp3
https://devpost.com/variousartistsedmgreatesthitsdownload
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/90941/Home/DownloadMp3_The_Cascades__Phoenix_Album_Download
https://devpost.com/childrenwithdogcurbyouranarchydownload
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/94686/Home/DownloadMp3_Dominhuz__Principia_Album_Download
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/75353/Home/ZipDownloadMp3_MADKID_Circus_Album_Download
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/99520/Home/ZipDownloadMp3_Fairies_HEY_HEY_Light_Me_Up__E_Album_Download
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/91627/Home/DOWNLOAD_ALBUM_Loreena_McKennitt__The_Visit_Zip_Mp3
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/97569/Home/DownloadMp3_Victor_Wooten__Soul_Circus_Album_Download
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/78403/Home/ZipDownloadMp3_Nuno_Ribeiro_Nuno_Ribeiro_Album_Download
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/73618/Home/Download_Zip__Mp3_Awesome_City_Club__Catch_The_One_Full_Album_Download
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/89971/Home/Download_Zip__Mp3_Sasha_Gordon__Gortimer_Gibbons_Life_on_Full_Album_Download
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/99222/Home/DownloadMp3_Aaron_Neville__New_Orleans_Soul_Live_Album_Download
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/71756/Home/DownloadMp3_Lil_Tjay__Destined_2_Win_Album_Download
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/101743/Home/ZipDownloadMp3_Oak_Lighthouse_Album_Download
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/79125/Home/DOWNLOAD_ALBUM_Nacho_Vegas__Oro_Salitre_y_Carbn_Zip_Mp3
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/74769/Home/Download_Zip__Mp3_ROSALA__Lo_Mejor_de_Rosalia_Full_Album_Download
https://devpost.com/pinkfongcanciondehabitodownload
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/73142/Home/DownloadMp3_Far_Caspian__The_Heights__EP_Album_Download
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/78498/Home/ZipDownloadMp3_CeCe_Winans_Believe_For_It_Album_Download
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/101291/Home/DOWNLOAD_ALBUM_Shandon__Back_on_Board_Zip_Mp3
https://devpost.com/cywilthatfeelinglovedownload
https://devpost.com/waltonunknownterritordownload
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/72840/Home/Download_Zip__Mp3_BRNS__Dopamine_Full_Album_Download
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/101848/Home/DownloadMp3_Charlotte_Hatherley__True_Love_Album_Download
https://devpost.com/eddiebenjaminemotionalepdownload
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/91299/Home/ZipDownloadMp3_Vive_la_Fte_Nuit_Blanche_Album_Download
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/76712/Home/DOWNLOAD_ALBUM_Trevor_Jackson__The_Love_Language_Zip_Mp3
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/95563/Home/Download_Zip__Mp3_Mothica__Ashes_Full_Album_Download
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/88871/Home/ZipDownloadMp3_Phideaux_Infernal_Album_Download
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/97389/Home/Download_Zip__Mp3_BAEKHYUN__City_Lights__The_1st_Min_Full_Album_Download
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/82717/Home/DownloadMp3_Tim_Steinfort__We_Have_Angered_the_Gods_Album_Download
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/80386/Home/DownloadMp3_Feared__Svart_Album_Download
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/98724/Home/DownloadMp3_La_Bouche__La_Bouche_Greatest_Hits_Album_Download
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/87208/Home/DOWNLOAD_ALBUM_Cody_Jinks__Adobe_Sessions_Zip_Mp3
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/99992/Home/DOWNLOAD_ALBUM_Dirty_Doering__Euch_die_Uhren_uns_die_Ze_Zip_Mp3
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/76829/Home/DownloadMp3_Vanessa_Carlton__Be_Not_Nobody_Album_Download
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/81296/Home/DownloadMp3_Wale__Its_Complicated__EP_Album_Download
https://devpost.com/sonofthevelvetrsolitarycompanydownload
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/93831/Home/DownloadMp3_Jaz_Karis__Summer_Stories__EP_Album_Download
https://rhs.instructure.com/eportfolios/77603/Home/DOWNLOAD_ALBUM_Disclosure__Ecstasy__EP_Zip_Mp3