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Old 23-03-2020, 08:29 AM #1
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Default Olympics to be postponed until 2021

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Update: to be postponed until next year, an announcement is imminent

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/athletics/52002474
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what do we care about irrelevant Canada athletes, not like they would've won many medals
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japan are being pretty dickish about it. It will get good results if it's delayed a year
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what do we care about irrelevant Canada athletes, not like they would've won many medals
Nor would any of the other athletes because they'd all have contracted coronavirus
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Nor would any of the other athletes because they'd all have contracted coronavirus
then those lazy scientists have to hurry up with a vaccine
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Japan invested all their Cash in it.
Tough Luck.


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A Delay will not work
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Why don’t they just do it next summer
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Postponing by a year imo
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then those lazy scientists have to hurry up with a vaccine
Aye Nicky am sure they’re all just sat around playing Candy Crush at the minute
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what do we care about irrelevant Canada athletes, not like they would've won many medals

Once a Nation Pulls out
it means other Nations
will now follow.

That is what matters Nicky
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then those lazy scientists have to hurry up with a vaccine
Many nations are
but Testing takes one year.



Japan Olympics
must get Cancelled
its about saving lives
not money invested
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cancelling isn't among options


postponing it a year might be, japan's Abe had said
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postponing it a year might be, japan's Abe had said

The World Demands it
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well i trust Asia more than europe in terms of controlling this virus


and if there really was any doubts, Thomas Bach of IOC would've already said so, so he also must have faith in Asia's control over the virus
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I don't understand how the Japanese think it can go ahead
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Australia out too now
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Apart from anything else training for a lot of these athletes will be patchy with having to self isolate or maybe even contracting the virus
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https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/0...in-four-weeks/

what our dutch olympic committee thinks about this

‘The IOC is confident that it will have finalised these discussions within the next four weeks, and greatly appreciates the solidarity and partnership of the NOCs and IFs in supporting the athletes and adapting the games planning,’ the IOC said.
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After USA pulling out
Dumb Japan now says 2021
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https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/0...in-four-weeks/

what our dutch olympic committee thinks about this

‘The IOC is confident that it will have finalised these discussions within the next four weeks, and greatly appreciates the solidarity and partnership of the NOCs and IFs in supporting the athletes and adapting the games planning,’ the IOC said.
Nobody cares about irrelevant Dutch athletes who wouldn’t have won many medals anyway
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