“The Olympic Committee of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea decided not to participate in the 32nd Olympic Games at the proposal of the members in order to protect athletes from the global health crisis caused by virulent virus infection,” Pyongyang’s Ministry of Sports said in a statement on Monday. …
Read More »Over 70 percent of Japanese people want Tokyo Olympics to be postponed or CANCELLED – survey
The Japanese appear to be quite wary of the Olympics and Paralympics, expected to be held in Tokyo this summer, according to a fresh survey by the Japan Press Research Institute. The projections are based on a poll conducted among some 3,000 people aged 18 or older. Nearly 38 percent …
Read More »Putin BANNED from the Olympics, no flag or anthem: Key takeaways after CAS upholds Russia sports suspension
CAS announced on Thursday that it had reduced Russia’s ban from four to two years on appeal, but the decision still means the Russian flag and anthem will be absent from the next two editions of the Olympic Games – Tokyo in the summer of 2021, and the Winter Games …
Read More »Russia has international sports ban halved to two years but will still miss next two Olympics
Russia was handed a four-year ban in December 2019 after allegations that falsified lab data was sent to World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) investigators by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA). Russia had appealed the ban at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland, and while the court reduced the …
Read More »Japan will host Olympics in 2021 ‘as proof that humanity has DEFEATED the pandemic,’ PM Suga vows at UN
Making his debut speech to the international body on Friday, Suga told the UN General Assembly that Japan is committed to “leave no one behind” amid the health crisis, and argued the 2021 Olympics will serve as a symbolic victory against the virus. “In the summer of next year, Japan …
Read More »The 2020 Olympics in Tokyo was postponed for a year. Whether it takes place at all?
For many athletes the chance to participate in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo have already lost. They are old, overworked or just can’t wait for the Olympics delayed for another year due to financial problems. 35-year-old Tetsuya Sotomura is one of those athletes. I met him earlier in the week …
Read More »The 2020 Olympics in Tokyo was postponed for a year. Whether it takes place at all?
For many athletes the chance to participate in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo have already lost. They are old, overworked or just can’t wait for the Olympics delayed for another year due to financial problems. 35-year-old Tetsuya Sotomura is one of those athletes. I met him earlier in the week …
Read More »Anniversary of the Olympics-80: what were the most “pure” Moscow Games
Doping control at the Olympic games first held in 1968 in Mexico. Since then and until now positive doping samples were found at every Olympic games except the 1980 summer Olympics held in Moscow. Athletes and former KGB officer told reporters of the media project https://ru.krymr.com/a/video-doping-i-podmena-prob-sportsmenov-na-olimpiade-80-v-moskve/30733170.html%20″ target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”>”Real time” about …
Read More »Media called the opening date postponed 2020 Olympics
Postponed to the next year summer Olympic games-2020 will start on 23 July 2021, according to NHK, citing a government source in Tokyo. “According to information from sources in city authorities, the summer Olympic games start on 23 July 2021,” reads the message. March 24 was officially announced the postponement …
Read More »Germany suggested to postpone the Olympics for 2021
The Olympic sports Confederation of Germany in favor of the transfer of the summer Games in Tokyo in 2021, said its Chairman Alphonse Hermann. “Verify transfer (Olympics – if) is correct and, in light of the current situation in the health sector, a long-needed step IOC. (. . .) At …
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