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IOC member Dick Pound says Tokyo Olympic organizers have until late May to see if the virus is under control. If not, "you're probably looking at a cancellation." https://t.co/e90SS6Px8B
— AP Sports (@AP_Sports) February 25, 2020
And while I don’t think olympics will get canceled by this weekend, today we did get notification that it could get canceled is #coronavirus is not contained by May #covid19 #SARSCoV2 https://t.co/YTaI3hlBRt
— ???????∞ ? (@Ultim8Boon) February 26, 2020
Senior IOC member tells the AP the Tokyo Olympics would be canceled - not postponed or moved - if the virus is not under control by late May. https://t.co/vzqDn3eLY4
— AP Sports (@AP_Sports) February 25, 2020
Will the #coronavirus outbreak result in the cancellation of the @Tokyo2020 Olympics? Veteran IOC member Dick Pound says decision will have to be made by May, by @StephenWadeAP
— André Picard (@picardonhealth) February 25, 2020
https://t.co/jb2zN1du0D via @AP #Tokyo2020
IOC委員の発言と五輪相の国会答弁が話題ですが委員はAPの取材に［Pound repeated the IOC’s stance — that it is relying on consultations with the World Health Organization, a United Nations body, to make any move.］と回答。はてWHOの判断は？ https://t.co/iLQ7AetXVh
— 苅谷愛彦 Yoshi Kariya (@yoshi_kariya) February 26, 2020
Senior IOC member says that if it proves too dangerous to hold the Olympics in Tokyo this summer because of the coronavirus outbreak, organizers are more likely to cancel it altogether than to postpone or move it. https://t.co/2B6rOzDMbb
— Hiroko Tabuchi (@HirokoTabuchi) February 25, 2020
AP通信の記事はこちら。#IOC委員 #延期 #分散開催https://t.co/QgPMzDeeCs
— 若林恵@黒鳥福祉センター (@kei_wkbysh) February 26, 2020
オリンピック1年延期？しかも今日はロイターなの? 昨日APに延期の可能性聞かれて「あの規模のもの延期できるもんじゃないよ」的に否定してたじゃない (↓) 明日はAFPあたりかしら https://t.co/l5vRg143a9
— Yuuki (@ore_english) February 27, 2020
Speculation yesterday, as per https://t.co/GWRKEHjvDw
— ? RB supports Meghan Murphy (@rorybowman) February 27, 2020
Look to May.
Does the virus mean we are kissing the Tokyo Olympics goodbye? We will know in three months, says an IOC official interviewed by my @AP colleague @StephenWadeAPhttps://t.co/jurMDkMSKt
— Yuri Kageyama (@yurikageyama) February 25, 2020
IOC member Dick Pound says Tokyo Olympic organizers have until late May to see if coronavirus is under control. If not, "you're probably looking at a cancellation” https://t.co/xQDUWjmNof
— Julia Macfarlane (@juliamacfarlane) February 25, 2020
IOC幹部のインタビュー。慎重な言い回しだが新型コロナの状況次第で東京オリンピックの開催中止の検討も否定していない。AP通信
— Kosuke Hatta 八田浩輔 (@kskhatta) February 25, 2020
IOC senior member: 3 months to decide fate of Tokyo Olympics https://t.co/pUwnZ5WZMD
A senior member of IOC says the Tokyo Olympics could be canceled if the coronavirus outbreak is not under control in 3 months https://t.co/TCQCXDB4C9
— Aria Chen (@ariahychen) February 25, 2020
The spokesperson for the International Olympic Committee is a dude named Dick Pound.
— ?️oston John (@jimstgram) February 26, 2020
Do with that information what you will.https://t.co/i8bHOWgUWn
Senior IOC member tells the AP the Tokyo Olympics would be canceled - not postponed or moved - if the virus is not under control by late May.
— AP Sports (@AP_Sports) February 25, 2020
More: https://t.co/2BcBMtj5O8 pic.twitter.com/i7sIOp087n
What if the coronavirus is still raging this summer? @andrewkeh and @BenjaminDooley called officials and experts to game out some scenarios for the Tokyo Olympics, and found all the options are bad. https://t.co/r9u6F6FEVz
— Andrew Das (@AndrewDasNYT) February 27, 2020
It turns out making major last-minute tweaks to a multibillion-dollar global sporting event that has been meticulously planned for seven years would be a huge hassle: https://t.co/DJK1xtbFlY
— Andrew Keh (@andrewkeh) February 27, 2020
“NBC have put billions into the rights to these Olympics. There will be serious disgruntlement from those who have power. They will insist that the Games go on," says @JulesBoykoff.https://t.co/6oDOkT08r1
— Fernwood Publishing (@fernpub) February 27, 2020
Grappling With Coronavirus, #Tokyo2020 #Olympics Leaders Have No Good Options. This @nytimes article considers the possibility of canceling, moving, & postponing the Games. By @andrewkeh & @BenjaminDooley https://t.co/c4mqyz8zYf
— Jules Boykoff (@JulesBoykoff) February 27, 2020
When @motokorich and I wrote last fall about the absurdity/ potential danger of holding the Olympics in mid-summer Tokyo, it didn't occur to us that maybe they would be moved because of a pandemic. But here we are. @andrewkeh and @BenjaminDooley report: https://t.co/bueRvCDvSi
— John Branch (@JohnBranchNYT) February 27, 2020
Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics pushed back on "speculation" that the coronavirus epidemic could lead to the cancellation of the Summer Games, after an IOC official appeared to suggest otherwise.https://t.co/aS03O2wCX9
— NPR (@NPR) February 28, 2020
The first sensible report about the @Tokyo2020 and the coronavirus I read (via @nrarmour for the @USATODAY).https://t.co/Sf3QassQUB pic.twitter.com/xYusev7aGU
— Ricardo Fort (@SportByFort) February 27, 2020
ICYMI Resist the urge to panic about the fate of Olympics, please. Yes, things are bad now and, probably, going to get worse. But the Games don’t start for five months. Much can - and will - change with a virus we’ve only known about for two months. https://t.co/spLUNi74Ug
— Nancy Armour (@nrarmour) February 27, 2020
"The world would have to be in a full-blown pandemic, the disease still spreading rapidly and unable to be contained, for the Games to be canceled."
— Rachel Axon (@RachelAxon) February 26, 2020
Good column by @nrarmour on how concerned we should be now about the coronavirus' effect on Tokyo.https://t.co/oc3XNytYQG
It's way too early to panic about the Tokyo Olympics. The coronavirus is serious, and no one is suggesting otherwise. But no one knows what's going to happen in the next three months. https://t.co/spLUNi74Ug
— Nancy Armour (@nrarmour) February 26, 2020
"But panicking, or fretting over what ifs and maybes several months down the road, is pointless. Especially since the IOC has been here before," writes @nrarmour of @usatodaysports. https://t.co/cmQHOxt0sd
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) February 27, 2020
Opinion: It's far too early to freak out about the coronavirus ruining the Tokyo Olympics
— GymCastic (@GymCastic) February 26, 2020
https://t.co/VhAKDSIcUd by @nrarmour