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Olympic Committee bans kneeling and boxing at Tokyo Games, exacerbates corona crisis
After a survey that lasted about 10 months, a decision was made to keep the checks out of the Olympics.
The forecast: a lot of violations of teaching.
And also: three months before the opening of the games, closed in Japan
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Friday, 23 April 2021, 08:09 Updated: 08:58
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It is hard to believe that all athletes will align with the guidelines (Photo: Reuters)
If it is not enough for Corona to cast a big shadow over the Tokyo Olympics this summer (July 23 to August 8), there is now a fear of political protests by athletes precisely because of the ban on such.
Yesterday, the International Olympic Committee announced that it continues to ban political protests such as kneeling or waving a punch - something that has become common and even practiced on sports fields in the past year.
The International Olympic Committee has been dealing with this issue for about 10 months.
About 3,500 athletes from 185 countries, involved in 41 different sports, were asked what their position was and yesterday the committee came to the conclusion: "There is a clear majority of 70 percent of the athletes who participated in the survey and think political protests are unworthy of the opening ceremony or the podium."
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3 months to the Olympics: The Japanese government is expected to declare a state of emergency in Tokyo
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According to Law No. 50 of the Olympic Rules, which in fact remains the same, "any expression of propaganda on a political, religious or racial basis is prohibited on any of the sites associated with the Olympic Games."
In the past year, many sporting events in a variety of sports have opened with participants kneeling and some also waving a fist - this as an act of protest against the treatment of people with brown skin. It is still unclear what penalties will be given to athletes who will still be wiped out, and the Olympic Committee said each such case would be examined on its own merits. The expectation is that there will be quite a few athletes who will ignore the instruction and take advantage of the stage to express their opinions.
At the same time Japan declared a "short and strong state of emergency" in Tokyo, Osaka and two other plays following the spread of the corona, three months before the Games.
This means that restaurants, bars and places with karaoke will still be closed, and sporting events will be held without an audience.
The government threatened high fines for lawbreakers.
"We must restrict the movement of people," said Finance Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, "and we must do so decisively. We need to take strong, short and focused steps."
Large stores will be closed, and employers will be asked to allow employees to work from home.
The stress stems from the discovery of new variants of the virus, and a burden on hospitals.
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