{"id":429227,"date":"2020-04-28T02:20:04","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T09:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=429227"},"modified":"2020-04-28T04:24:18","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T11:24:18","slug":"tokyo-2020-president-mori-olympic-games-will-go-ahead-in-2021-or-be-scrapped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/tokyo-2020-president-mori-olympic-games-will-go-ahead-in-2021-or-be-scrapped\/","title":{"rendered":"Head Of Japan Medical Association Casts Doubt On Tokyo Games Going Ahead In 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Further doubt has been cast on Tokyo 2020 going ahead next year by the head of the <strong>Japan Medical Association<\/strong> (JMA) <strong>Yoshitake Yokokura<\/strong> in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The Games were moved back a year last month after the pandemic forced the cancellation of sporting events worldwide as the daily death toll continued to rise.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>International Olympic Committee<\/strong> (IOC) and the Japanese government announced that Tokyo 2020 would take place from 23 July to 8 August 2021 with the <strong>Paralympic Games<\/strong> running from 24 August-5 September.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_113227\" style=\"width: 396px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-113227\" data-attachment-id=\"113227\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/germany-bidding-2024-olympics-paralympic-games\/olympic-rings-2014\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/olympic-rings-2014-e1600555603113.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1100,733\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"olympic-rings-2014\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;17.3.20&lt;br \/&gt;\n7\/23\/2016&lt;br \/&gt;\nolympic-rings-2014&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Will it be Bela Luna or the dark Side of the Moon when the IOC pronounces on Tokyo 2020 &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Guy Rhodes-USA TODAY Sports&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/olympic-rings-2014-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/olympic-rings-2014-1024x682.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-113227\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/olympic-rings-2014-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"olympic-rings-2014\" width=\"386\" height=\"276\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-113227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Guy Rhodes-USA TODAY Sports<\/p><\/div>\n<p>However, doubts remain over whether the Games will take place at that time given the pandemic is still rising across the world with no vaccine as yet in sight.<\/p>\n<p>JMA president Yokokura told reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cUnless an effective vaccine is developed I think it will be difficult to hold the Olympics next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not saying at this point that they shouldn\u2019t be held. The outbreak is not only confined to Japan &#8230; it\u2019s a worldwide issue.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Last week, <strong>Kentaro Iwata<\/strong>, a specialist in infectious diseases, said he thought it \u201cunlikely\u201d that the Games would be held just over a year from now.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/tokyo-olympic-games-in-july-2021-or-never-says-ioc-member-dick-pound-urging-athlete-patience\/\">IOC vice-president <strong>Dick Pound<\/strong> also said in an intervie<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">w with the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC) that Japan had indicated it could not sustain a further postponement were the pandemic not brought under control by that time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But on Tuesday, <strong>Tokyo 2020<\/strong> president <strong>Yoshiro Mori<\/strong> said the Olympics would be \u201cscrapped\u201d if they cannot take place on their rescheduled dates from July 2021.<\/p>\n<div 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