‘Virus, you screwed the Olympics!’ World reacts to Tokyo Video games postponement

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The Tokyo Summer season Video games has grow to be the final sufferer of the harmful coronavirus which has prompted sports activities officers to postpone or cancel all main sporting occasions scheduled for spring and summer season.

After the Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) and Japan’s authorities formally confirmed the postponement of the 2020 Summer season Video games because of the coronavirus pandemic the entire world erupted with combined reactions with many customers praising the hosts for the sacrifice they’ve made.

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“Russian Sport Ministry respects IOC’s and Japan’s choice to reschedule the 2020 Summer season Olympics,” stated Russian Sports activities Minister Oleg Matytsin with out clarifying how the transfer will have an effect on the preparations of the athletes.

Russian Canoe Federation chief Elena Ishakova couldn’t disguise her disappointment over the IOC’s ruling stressing that each one athletes have been coaching for years to take part within the Video games.

“I don’t know what to say, nothing is dependent upon us. We do hope that the scenario [surrounding the coronavirus] will stabilize and the Video games shall be held subsequent 12 months, however such a postponement will negatively have an effect on the athletes who’ve been on the point of carry out in July. They’ve been coaching for years, it ought to have been the top of their careers and now it’s unclear what to anticipate,” she stated.

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“We anticipated that the Video games can be lastly canceled, as a result of all of the Olympic qualifying occasions have been postponed,” stated Russian rhythmic gymnastics president Irina Viner-Usmanova.

“We proceed coaching, now we have coaching centres in Kislovodsk which are nonetheless open. We are going to polish our routines to indicate our greatest subsequent 12 months.”

Some social media customers have been annoyed over the information regretting that the lethal virus has cancelled the summer season sports activities spectacle.

“Goddamn virus you screwed the Olympics,” one individual wrote.

“I do not care [sic] it is 21 or 22 that is simply drama and wastage of cash” one other person added.

Others have been frightened about Japan’s plans concerning the Olympic flame which has already been lit and delivered to Tokyo.

“I ponder what Japan will do with the Olympic flame. Freeze it I suppose and use it later…” a remark learn.

Whereas nearly all of individuals praised Japan’s transfer to reschedule the Video games to 2021, some customers insist it was made solely underneath stress from different nations who refused to ship their delegations to Tokyo because of the coronavirus outbreak.

“He [Shinzo Abe] could not resolve it with out stress from different nations and athletes,” an individual wrote.

“It’s about time and may’ve determined again in January! Defend [sic] the individuals is your job!”

IIHF president Rene Fasel admitted that it was unimaginable to carry the Olympics this coming summer season, underlying, nonetheless, that it ought to have been moved to autumn making an allowance for a large number of sporting occasions scheduled for the subsequent summer season.

That is the primary time the Olympics has been canceled as a result of a virus pandemic, as beforehand solely wars (in 1916, 1940 and 1944) put the largest multi-sport occasions on halt.