March 13, 2020
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The Japanese Olympic swimming trials are to be held without spectators and the programme condensed in the wake of the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The national championships, which double as trials for Tokyo 2020, were due to be held from 1-8 April but the Japan Swimming Federation has announced they will now take place from 2-6 of that month although the details of the scheduled have yet to be published. They also noted that further action may be taken should the situation deteriorate further. The announcement comes with the Olympic Games, due to be held from July ...
March 13, 2020
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The International Olympic Committee will follow the recommendation of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on whether to cancel or postpone the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as a response to the containment and control measures required to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, IOC president Thomas Bach has suggested. As Australia prepared to become the latest nation to cancel national swimming championships, Bach was invited time and time again to get beyond the standard “the Games will go on from July 24” mantra, in an interview with German television Eventually, the reporter change ...
March 11, 2020
AFRICA
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More than a month out, the 2020 African Swimming Championships have been postponed to a later date, according to an email sent today. The 2020 CANA African Swimming Championships were set to take place in Durban, South African from April 17-22. The African Championships are held every two years and hosted by Africa’s continential swimming federation CANA. An email sent today by Swimming South Africa to all CANA federations and bureau members announced that the 2020 African Championships would be postponed, with no reschedule date yet set.
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African Swimming Championship postponed due to #coronavirus
March 3, 2020
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Japan’s Government has been told that the contract for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games specifies that the event must be held within 2020, allowing for a postponement from July until further towards the end of the year between October and December should the coronavirus emergency make that a safer option. Cancellation of the Games, as suggested as a more likely outcome than postponement by IOC member Dick Pound a week ago, would be very costly for Japan and all down the chain of commercial interest.
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IOC contract allows Japan to postpone #Olympics until the end of 2020
Sept. 6, 2018
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In an article that appeared online on CTGN it was reported that Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), said last Saturday that the Olympic flame lighting ceremony will take
Aug. 22, 2018
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The International Olympic Committee has embarked on an ambitious strategic roadmap for the future: The Olympic Agenda 2020. It includes 40 recommendations that aim to make sure the games are clean …
