{"id":445943,"date":"2020-09-07T03:46:36","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T10:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=445943"},"modified":"2020-09-07T03:46:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T10:46:36","slug":"tokyo-2020-will-go-ahead-next-year-with-or-without-covid-says-ioc-vice-president-john-coates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/tokyo-2020-will-go-ahead-next-year-with-or-without-covid-says-ioc-vice-president-john-coates\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo 2020 Will Go Ahead Next Year With Or Without Covid, Says IOC Vice-President John Coates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>International Olympic Committee<\/strong> vice-president <strong>John Coates<\/strong> insists the Tokyo Olympics will go ahead next year &#8220;with or without COVID&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Games were pushed back a year because of the pandemic and there has been much speculation and debate as to whether the rescheduled Games will go ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Coates heads the IOC&#8217;s Co-ordination Commission for the Tokyo Games and he is adamant they will start on 23 July 2021.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"432971\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/brisbanes-2032-olympic-candidature-on-hold-as-australia-focuses-on-loosening-covid-19-shackles\/john-coates\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/JOHN-COATES.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"828,466\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"JOHN COATES\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;JOHN COATES&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/JOHN-COATES-700x466.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/JOHN-COATES.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-432971 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/JOHN-COATES-700x466.jpg\" alt=\"JOHN COATES\" width=\"270\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Australian Olympic Committee<\/strong> president spoke to news agency AFP in a telephone interview and said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt will take place with or without COVID.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Games will start on July 23 next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Games were going to be, their theme, the Reconstruction Games after the devastation of the (2011) tsunami.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now these will be the Games that conquered COVID, the light at the end of the tunnel.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Japan is largely closed to overseas visitors and there is no sign as to when a vaccine will actually be developed and ready.<\/p>\n<p>Japanese officials have insisted the Games will not be delayed a second time while a recent poll found just one in four Japanese want the Olympics to go ahead next year.<\/p>\n<p>Postponing Tokyo 2020 has been a herculean task logistically and commercially and now a task force has been set up to examine different scenarios for next year including how border control affects the movement of athletes, to whether fans can attend and keeping stadia safe.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_443038\" style=\"width: 272px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-443038\" data-attachment-id=\"443038\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/tokyo-2020-will-go-ahead-next-year-with-or-without-covid-says-ioc-vice-president-john-coates\/olympicringstokyobaytokyo2020\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/olympicringstokyobayTokyo2020.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,576\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"olympicringstokyobayTokyo2020\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1-27-26&lt;br \/&gt;\n12\/14\/20&lt;br \/&gt;\n8-27-20&lt;br \/&gt;\nAug 6 &#8211; 2020 &#8211; The Olympic Rings have been removed from Tokyo Bay for maintenance &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Tokyo 2020&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Olympic Rings in Tokyo. Photo Courtesy: Tokyo 2020&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/olympicringstokyobayTokyo2020-700x500.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/olympicringstokyobayTokyo2020.jpeg\" class=\" wp-image-443038\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/olympicringstokyobayTokyo2020-700x500.jpeg\" alt=\"olympicringstokyobayTokyo2020\" width=\"262\" height=\"187\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-443038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Tokyo 2020<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The group, which comprises Japanese and IOC officials, met for the first time last week.<\/p>\n<p>Coates said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cTheir job now is to look at all the different countermeasures that will be required for the Games to take place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome countries will have it (COVID) under control, some won\u2019t. 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