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Olympic games tokyo 2020 schedule4/5/2023 ![]() ![]() Throughout locations involved with the Olympics, there are strict cleaning and ventilating rules in place.Īthletes have to download a special health reporting app and use Japan's contact tracing app. Sporting venues have also been designed to support physical distancing and measures like transparent screens and floor markings have been installed in some cases. That means no hugs or handshakes, physical distancing, use of designated transport, avoiding confined spaces, and only taking part in activities listed on a plan and at permitted locations. Physical interactions have to be limited. They must wear masks "at all times" - although not while training, competing, eating, drinking or interviews. They'll be tested again on arrival - and repeatedly throughout the games, including before entering any venues. They are also very detailed - down to specifics like the disinfectant of ice baths.Īthletes must start adhering to their playbook 14 days before travelling to Japan and have a negative test before departing for the games. There are playbooks for everyone - athletes, coaches and other team members, the media, the Olympic Games workers and more. Hosting the games at all has been a contentious issue - we'll touch on that controversy later in the article.Ī series of "playbooks" have been published - they're essentially guidelines for making sure everybody stays safe. That came on the back of Tokyo declaring a state of emergency which will run throughout the Olympic Games.Ĭovid-19 infections in the city have been on the rise. Spectators have been banned from attending events. Possibly the defining feature of this Olympics, Covid-19 has already resulted in the games being postponed from 2020 to 2021. The budget for Tokyo 2020 was set at £8.9 billion ($NZ17.54b), although it's been reported that the actual cost could be double that. If Tokyo had broken the contract and cancelled, the risks and losses would fall on the Japanese side. It has repeatedly insisted the Games can go ahead safely, even under a state of emergency. The IOC is thought to make around 70 percent of its money from broadcast rights, and 18 percent from sponsorship. The BBC reports the contract between the IOC and the host city Tokyo made it clear only the IOC could cancel the event. Photo: AFP Could the games have been cancelled? The medals and tray to be used for the medal ceremonies at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games. The Olympics is keeping its 2020 name and branding - so things like the medals will still say 2020. Then there was the task of retaining other service providers, workers, broadcasting, and so on. The IOC had to make sure the sporting facilities and accommodation venues, like the purpose-built 18,00-bed/5000-apartment Olympic Village, were still available. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) had to factor in the athletes (57 percent had already qualified and needed assurance they'd keep that status) and their training schedules as well as regular sporting calendars - although they likely had already been impacted by Covid-19. Postponing the games for a year was no easy task. ![]() ![]() The first New Zealand athletes into the village would be the women's football team, arriving on 17 July. Some of the New Zealand team are there already - chef de mission Rob Waddell and other New Zealand Olympic Committee staff have been busy setting up the team environment for athletes since arriving in the Japanese capital last Thursday. The Paralympics will be held about a month later, starting on 24 August and running until 5 September, including 22 sports. That day, the first events of softball/baseball and football kick off, and the opening ceremony will be held.Įverything will wrap up on Sunday 8 August with the closing ceremony, after what the Olympics' website says will be a "record 33 competitions and 339 events held across 42 competition venues". The 2020 Olympics - yes, it's still called the 2020 Olympics despite having been postponed a year until 2021 - begins on 21 July. Photo: RNZ / Vinay Ranchhod When's it all happening? We have your viewing schedule covered right here with all the details.The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are just around the corner, and it's set to be a games like no other. Japan, Mexico, Brazil and Spain, are all competing for gold in Japan and there are a number of stars and recognizable names still plaing in the tournament. men's national team might not have made the cut this time around, there's still going to be plenty of exciting action on tap. The Tokyo Olympics, originally scheduled for summer of 2020 has kicked off. ![]()
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