2020 도쿄올림픽, 코로나19로 내년에 개최
사상 첫 연기, 늦어도 2021년 여름까지는 일정 조정, 명칭은 ‘2020 도쿄올림픽’ 유지
IOC 도쿄올림픽 연기 안내 [전문포함]
코로나19 대유행에 따라 도쿄올림픽이 내년으로 연기됐다. 개최국인 일본과 국제올림픽위원회(IOC)는 올 여름 열릴 예정이던 도쿄올림픽을 내년으로 연기하는 것에 합의했다.
국제올림픽위원회는 3월 24일(현지시간) 성명에서 “도쿄올림픽이 2020년 이후로, 그러나 늦어도 2021년 여름까지는 일정이 조정돼야 한다고 결론을 내렸다”고 밝혔다.
토마스 바흐 IOC 위원장과 일본 아베 총리는 전 세계에 코로나19가 미치는 심각한 영향에 대한 공동인식하에 현재 세계보건기구(WHO)가 제공한 정보를 바탕으로 2020년 도코올림픽을 2020년 이후 2021년 여름까지 일정을 조정해야 한다고 결론 지었다고 밝혔다.
또한 도쿄올림픽과 페럴림픽은 ‘2020 도쿄올림픽’이라는 이름을 유지하는 것에도 합의했다.
아래는 IOC의 홈페이지에 게재된 연기 결정 발표 전문이다.
IOC 도쿄올림픽 연기 안내 [전문]
HE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC), THOMAS BACH, AND THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, ABE SHINZO, HELD A CONFERENCE CALL THIS MORNING TO DISCUSS THE CONSTANTLY CHANGING ENVIRONMENT WITH REGARD TO COVID-19 AND THE OLYMPIC GAMES TOKYO 2020.
They were joined by Mori Yoshiro, the President of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee; the Olympic Minister, Hashimoto Seiko; the Governor of Tokyo, Koike Yuriko; the Chair of the IOC Coordination Commission, John Coates; IOC Director General Christophe De Kepper; and the IOC Olympic Games Executive Director, Christophe Dubi.
President Bach and Prime Minister Abe expressed their shared concern about the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, and what it is doing to people’s lives and the significant impact it is having on global athletes’ preparations for the Games.
In a very friendly and constructive meeting, the two leaders praised the work of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and noted the great progress being made in Japan to fight against COVID-19.
The unprecedented and unpredictable spread of the outbreak has seen the situation in the rest of the world deteriorating. Yesterday, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that the COVID-19 pandemic is “accelerating”. There are more than 375,000 cases now recorded worldwide and in nearly every country, and their number is growing by the hour.
In the present circumstances and based on the information provided by the WHO today, the IOC President and the Prime Minister of Japan have concluded that the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo must be rescheduled to a date beyond 2020 but not later than summer 2021, to safeguard the health of the athletes, everybody involved in the Olympic Games and the international community.
The leaders agreed that the Olympic Games in Tokyo could stand as a beacon of hope to the world during these troubled times and that the Olympic flame could become the light at the end of the tunnel in which the world finds itself at present. Therefore, it was agreed that the Olympic flame will stay in Japan. It was also agreed that the Games will keep the name Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020.
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