6 months until postponed Tokyo Olympics — will it go on?

Saturday, Jan. 23 marks six months till the Tokyo Olympic Games, which had been postponed final yr because of the coronavirus pandemic.

A number of the United States’ prime athletes, together with gymnast Simone Biles, aggressive swimmer Katie Ledecky, freestyle swimmer Caeleb Dressel, swimmer Simone Manuel and monitor and area competitor Noah Lyles, shall be trying to make historical past.

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Athletes have needed to be resourceful with coaching since many competitions have been cancelled or postponed.

And with the pandemic nonetheless creating uncertainty concerning the summer time video games, three-time Olympic swimmer and gold medalist Peter Vanderkaay stated that the athletes ought to nonetheless give attention to coaching.

“For the athletes, you must take the method that it’s on. There’s no hurt in going 100% towards preparation for the video games. If it doesn’t occur, it’s clearly a giant disappointment. However I don’t assume it’s wasted effort,” he stated.

Vanderkaay is hopeful the postponed summer time Olympics will nonetheless happen amid the pandemic, even with out spectators.

The Tokyo Olympics are to open in six months on July 23, and organizers don’t have any public program deliberate to mark the milestone.

There may be an excessive amount of uncertainty for that proper now.

Tokyo and different components of Japan are beneath an emergency order due to surging coronavirus instances with about 4,500 deaths attributed to COVID-19.

As a substitute of a countdown celebration, the main target is on the virus and hypothesis across the Olympics being canceled. Ought to they happen throughout a spreading pandemic — vaccine or no vaccine? Organizers say they’ll with precise particulars but to be revealed.

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