[스포츠]’D-200 Days’ Tokyo Olympics,’Mountain Over Mountain’ until the summit

[스포츠]’D-200 Days’ Tokyo Olympics,’Mountain Over Mountain’ until the summit

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There are only 200 days left until the new opening day of the Tokyo Olympics, which has been postponed by one year since Corona 19

The IOC and the Japanese government are in a position to hold it as scheduled, but amid the 3rd pandemic, even in Japan, the homework to be solved, such as preliminary rounds for each event, is truly’mountain over mountain’.

Reporter Kim Sang-ik on the report.

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IOC Chairman Thomas Bach expressed his willingness to hold the Tokyo Olympics this summer in a New Year message.

[토마스 바흐 / IOC 위원장 : 도쿄는 여전히 가장 잘 준비된 올림픽 도시입니다. 우리는 그들의 큰 헌신과 결단에 대해 일본 파트너들과 친구들에게 감사할 따름입니다.]

Japan’s Prime Minister Suga was once again confident in hosting the success of the Tokyo Olympics while announcing the corona 19 vaccination plan.

[스가 요시히데 / 일본 총리 : 인류가 곤란을 극복한 증거로서 세계인들에게 용기를 북돋우고 감동을 전해주는 대회가 되도록 감염대책에 만전을 기해 준비해 가려고 합니다.]

However, the day immediately following this conference, the first mutant virus patient appeared in Japan, and the number of new confirmed cases in the last week over 3,000 a day is under consideration for the declaration of an emergency.

Public opinion in Japan is also skeptical about hosting the Olympics as time goes by.

In a recent poll, 63% of Japanese citizens said they should cancel or postpone the Olympics scheduled for July.

Negative voices are growing even inside Japan, but young people around the world are still unable to give up their preparations for the Olympic qualifiers, which are only half played.

[신치용 / 진천선수촌장 : 올림픽 예선 일정이 많이 남아있습니다. 저희는 예정된 일정에 맞춰 경기력을 끌어올리기 위해 코로나 상황에서 외출·외박을 금지하고…]

Vaccination has begun, and the decision to cancel the Olympics is not easy, even because of economic losses both in the IOC and in Japan.

The remaining period until the start of the competition is 200 days.

There are a lot of tasks that the IOC and Tokyo have to solve, such as the Olympic spectator limit and the establishment of a medical system, amid fears whether qualifying matches for each sport will be possible in all parts of the world where Corona still remains.

YTN Kim Sang-ik[[email protected]]is.

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