{"id":424638,"date":"2020-03-26T06:00:34","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T13:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=424638"},"modified":"2020-03-26T10:45:20","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T17:45:20","slug":"ioc-boxed-into-corner-over-coronavirus-cases-as-tokyo-reshuffle-shakes-swimmings-cherry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ioc-boxed-into-corner-over-coronavirus-cases-as-tokyo-reshuffle-shakes-swimmings-cherry\/","title":{"rendered":"IOC Boxed Into Corner Over Coronavirus Cases As Tokyo Reshuffle Shakes Swimming’s Cherry Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"

The International Olympic Committee<\/strong> has been accused of putting athletes\u2019 health in jeopardy after two Turkish boxers and their head coach tested positive for coronavirus after returning home from an Olympic boxing tournament in London last week.<\/p>\n

In an exclusive report, The Guardian<\/em> newspaper quotes Eyup Gozgec<\/strong>, the president of the Turkish Boxing Federation, stating that all three men had caught COVID-19 in London and that “the Road To Tokyo event at the Copper Box Arena should have never taken place during a pandemic”. Says Gozgec:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the whole world was taking extreme measures to deal with the virus, I am baffled that an IOC taskforce and the British government allowed the tournament to start even though many of us had concerns and almost every other sport had shut down. It was irresponsible. And as a result, unfortunately three of our team have now tested positive.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n