TOKYO, March 13 -- Organizers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games said on Friday that the preparation for the July 24 Games will continue under mounting pressure due to the worsening global spread of COVID-19.
Japan's national broadcaster NHK reported that the Tokyo 2020 committee issued the comment after US President Donald Trump had suggested delaying the Games for a year.
"The committee, the IOC and the IPC hope to continue their preparations for holding safe Games from July as scheduled in cooperation with the Japanese government, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and others," NHK reported.
The committee said it will do so while "closely watching the situation and taking advice from the World Health Organization (WHO)".
Trump on Thursday told reporters at the White House that postponing the Games for a year would be better than seeing "empty stadiums all over the place."
"I think, if you cancel it, make it a year later, that's a better alternative than doing it with no crowd," he said.
Trump talked to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by telephone early on Friday morning, Japan time, the NHK said, but did not reveal whether they touched upon the Olympic Games.
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary and government spokesman Yoshihide Suga reiterated on Thursday that the Games will be held as scheduled after the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic.
The IOC chief Thomas Bach also stressed in Olympia, Greece at the flame-lighting ceremony that the Games will go ahead as planned.
雅思写作:优秀范文阅读欣赏(10)
雅思写作:优秀范文阅读欣赏(13)
雅思话题作文:电脑替代老师(9)
推荐雅思写作示范杂志:《经济学人》
雅思写作十大话题万能分类题库(教育)
雅思写作范文精选:使用电脑的利弊
雅思写作十大话题万能分类题库(抽象)
雅思话题作文:电脑替代老师(10)
雅思写作十大话题万能分类题库(社会与家庭)
雅思写作:优秀范文阅读欣赏(6)
雅思写作十大话题万能分类题库(文化、语言、旅游、全球化)
雅思写作辅导:迅速构建作文框架(1)
雅思小作文的开头如何写?
雅思写作:优秀范文阅读欣赏(16)
雅思写作的灵魂词汇:关联词和题干核心词
雅思写作:优秀范文阅读欣赏(5)
雅思写作指导:代词的使用(2)
雅思写作十大话题万能分类题库(政府与城市化)
雅思写作指导:代词的使用(5)
雅思写作十大话题万能分类题库(科技与发明)
雅思话题作文:电脑替代老师(2)
雅思写作:优秀范文阅读欣赏(7)
雅思写作必背核心词组(4)
雅思写作:优秀范文阅读欣赏(12)
雅思话题作文:电脑替代老师(7)
雅思写作:优秀范文阅读欣赏(19)
雅思写作:优秀范文阅读欣赏(20)
雅思写作指导:代词的使用(4)
2月4日雅思大作文真题范文
雅思写作必背核心词组(2)
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |