Lausanne: The Tokyo Olympics will follow the same competition schedule that was decided initially for its original schedule before it was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Furthermore, organisers said on Thursday at the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) first ever virtual session that all 42 venues that were originally earmarked for the 2020 Olympics have been secured.
Tokyo 2020 chief executive Toshiro Muto also said a three-party council -- involving the organising committee, the Japanese government and the Tokyo metropolitan government -- would be established to look at coronavirus countermeasures at the Games.
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IOC President Thomas Bach on the role of sport. "Sport has the glue which bonds communities together". #HealthyTogether #IOCSession pic.twitter.com/tvEIh6l0JU
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">IOC President Thomas Bach on the role of sport. "Sport has the glue which bonds communities together". #HealthyTogether #IOCSession pic.twitter.com/tvEIh6l0JU
— IOC MEDIA (@iocmedia) July 17, 2020IOC President Thomas Bach on the role of sport. "Sport has the glue which bonds communities together". #HealthyTogether #IOCSession pic.twitter.com/tvEIh6l0JU
— IOC MEDIA (@iocmedia) July 17, 2020
The first event of the Tokyo Olympics would thus be softball, two days before the opening ceremony on July 23. Preliminary football matches will start on the same day, with rowing preliminary events and archery ranking rounds to be held on July 23 itself.
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IOC President Thomas Bach on the politicisation of all aspects of life: "The growing misuse of sport for political purposes is one of our biggest challenges". #IOCSession pic.twitter.com/T6S8Dgap7i
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">IOC President Thomas Bach on the politicisation of all aspects of life: "The growing misuse of sport for political purposes is one of our biggest challenges". #IOCSession pic.twitter.com/T6S8Dgap7i
— IOC MEDIA (@iocmedia) July 17, 2020IOC President Thomas Bach on the politicisation of all aspects of life: "The growing misuse of sport for political purposes is one of our biggest challenges". #IOCSession pic.twitter.com/T6S8Dgap7i
— IOC MEDIA (@iocmedia) July 17, 2020
The first medal event -- the women's shooting 10m air rifle—will start at 8.30am local time on July 24. Medal events in six more sports -- archery, cycling (road race), fencing, judo, taekwondo and weightlifting -- will also be held, with medals being awarded in a total of 11 events that day.
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"To reconcile the values of free expression and respect for each other, the IOC Athletes Commission has initiated a dialogue among athletes on how they can even better express their support for the Olympic Values in a dignified and non-divisive way." - IOC President Thomas BACH pic.twitter.com/uteO4PAcva
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">"To reconcile the values of free expression and respect for each other, the IOC Athletes Commission has initiated a dialogue among athletes on how they can even better express their support for the Olympic Values in a dignified and non-divisive way." - IOC President Thomas BACH pic.twitter.com/uteO4PAcva
— IOC MEDIA (@iocmedia) July 17, 2020"To reconcile the values of free expression and respect for each other, the IOC Athletes Commission has initiated a dialogue among athletes on how they can even better express their support for the Olympic Values in a dignified and non-divisive way." - IOC President Thomas BACH pic.twitter.com/uteO4PAcva
— IOC MEDIA (@iocmedia) July 17, 2020
The schedule includes a "Super Saturday" -- the penultimate day of competition which is set to include 34 event finals.
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IOC President Thomas Bach on @Tokyo2020 #Olympics #IOCSession "We can, together with the Organising Committee, turn these postponed Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 into an unprecedented celebration of unity and solidarity of humankind, making them a symbol of resilience and hope." pic.twitter.com/8gCr62k5Pq
— IOC MEDIA (@iocmedia) July 17, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">IOC President Thomas Bach on @Tokyo2020 #Olympics #IOCSession "We can, together with the Organising Committee, turn these postponed Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 into an unprecedented celebration of unity and solidarity of humankind, making them a symbol of resilience and hope." pic.twitter.com/8gCr62k5Pq
— IOC MEDIA (@iocmedia) July 17, 2020IOC President Thomas Bach on @Tokyo2020 #Olympics #IOCSession "We can, together with the Organising Committee, turn these postponed Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 into an unprecedented celebration of unity and solidarity of humankind, making them a symbol of resilience and hope." pic.twitter.com/8gCr62k5Pq
— IOC MEDIA (@iocmedia) July 17, 2020
Originally scheduled to be held from July 24 to August 9, 2020, the Tokyo Olympics became the first ever to be postponed when the IOC and the organisers made the announcement on March 24.
