NEW DELHI: Japan’s Olympic committee president, Yasuhiro Yamashita, has written to the presidents of all National Olympic Committees (NOCs), including Indian Olympic Association chief Narinder Batra, dismissing reports of the cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics scheduled from July 23-August 8 this year, while reassuring the NOC members world over that the Games’ Organising Committee (OC) will deliver a successful edition which will showcase an “unprecedented symbol of human solidarity.”
Yamashita said that the Tokyo OC is placing the athletes on top of everything while preparing meticulous and comprehensive countermeasures that reassures us as the host NOC. “Some of you (NOC members) may know that the State of Emergency has been once again declared in Japan on January 7th. I understand that you might be worried about the situation in Japan. We are fully expecting that this will improve the current situation of Covid-19 with effective measures by the government and the related…
Yamashita said that the Tokyo OC is placing the athletes on top of everything while preparing meticulous and comprehensive countermeasures that reassures us as the host NOC. “Some of you (NOC members) may know that the State of Emergency has been once again declared in Japan on January 7th. I understand that you might be worried about the situation in Japan. We are fully expecting that this will improve the current situation of Covid-19 with effective measures by the government and the related…
