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    Lewis supports staging of Tokyo Games

  • The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has pledged to support National Olympic Committees (NOCs) gain access to COVID-19 vaccines for their athletes prior to Tokyo 2020.  IOC President Thomas Bach told members and NOCs on separate calls this week that the IOC and the World Health Organization (WHO) would help NOCs struggling to obtain the vaccines in the lead-up to the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, two sources with knowledge of the talks told insidethegames.  The IOC has repeatedly said it will not jump the queue ahead of those who need a vaccination most and has insisted it will not be mandatory for athletes to compete at the Games.  But Bach and other IOC officials, including Athletes Commission vice-chair Danka Bartekova, have encouraged athletes to have the vaccine when they are able to do so.  The IOC has stated publicly on several occasions that it hopes to have many foreign participants as possible vaccinated for COVID-19 before Tokyo 2020.  A handful of countries have begun rolling out vaccines in recent weeks, but there is concern that athletes from smaller and less developed nations who are due to compete at Tokyo 2020 will be unable to access them before the Games.  IOC President Thomas Bach has claimed there is no reason whatsoever that Tokyo 2020 will not open as scheduled ©Getty Images IOC President Thomas Bach has claimed there is no reason whatsoever that Tokyo 2020 will not open as scheduled ©Getty Images Discussions have taken place between the IOC and the WHO regarding its Covax project, aimed at speeding up the distribution of vaccines in developing countries.  The IOC is hopeful the WHO scheme will enable athletes from developing nations to receive the vaccine in time for the Games, scheduled to open on July 23.  While the IOC and Tokyo 2020 have stressed the vaccine will not be a "silver bullet" for the Games, their development has nonetheless boosted hopes of the Games going ahead.  It forms part of a "toolbox" of countermeasures the IOC and organisers are planning to implement if the Olympics and Paralympics take place as planned.  The IOC and Tokyo 2020 are also working on what they call a "playbook" for the Games to ensure the event can be held safely, featuring rapid testing and vaccines.  Bach's call with NOCs came hours after British newspaper The Times reported the Japanese Government had privately concluded Tokyo 2020 would be cancelled because of the COVID-19 crisis.  The Japanese Government said there was "absolutely no truth" in the report, while the IOC said it remains committed to the Games taking place "this year" - despite growing fears over a rise in coronavirus cases across the world, thought to be caused by new variants of COVID-19.  Bach told Kyodo News earlier this week there was "no reason whatsoever" to think Tokyo 2020 will not open as scheduled and said the IOC did not have a "plan B" for the Games.  The IOC has vowed to help countries with access to COVID-19 vaccines ©Getty Images

    IOC and WHO pledge to help NOCs with vaccine access prior to Tokyo 2020

  • Thomas Bach speaks to the media during a visit to Tokyo's National Stadium on Nov. 17, 2020. | AFP-JIJI

    Thomas Bach says entire Olympic movement united in determination to stage Tokyo Games

  • IOC President Thomas Bach Addresses Tokyo Games Cancellation Rumors (Video)

    IOC President Thomas Bach Addresses Tokyo Games Cancellation Rumors (Video)

  • The Japanese Government has denied reports that Tokyo 2020 will be cancelled ©Getty Images

    Japanese Government claim "absolutely no truth" in report of Tokyo 2020 cancellation

  • There have been calls for Olympic athletes to receive the coronavirus vaccine before the start of the delayed Tokyo Games. Photograph: Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock

    Olympic athletes and officials ponder vaccine dilemma as Tokyo Games loom

  • It has been a chastening few months for The Olympic Partner sponsor Alibaba ©Getty Images

    Courier incident adds to IOC sponsor Alibaba’s bad news glut

  • TTOC president Brian Lewis

    T&TOC forced to look for new home

  • Work-from-home, home school grow Flow Trinidad’s business

    Work-from-home, home school grow Flow Trinidad’s business

  • Mr. Brian Lewis, Things That Matter

    Adopting to the sisu philosophy

  • Two hundred days before the scheduled start of the Olympics, Japan’s borders remain shut. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

    A golden year for sport? 2021 is already looking like 2020 – with a bitter twist

  • DISAPPOINTING DISPLAY

    DISAPPOINTING DISPLAY

  • WADA clarifies position on COVID-19 vaccines

  • Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Not Prohibited for Athletes

  • Photo: Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh addresses journalists during a virtual media conference on 7 May 2020. (Copyright Ghansham Mohammed/GhanShyam Photography/Wired868)

    Deyalsingh knocks Covid-19 breaches in sport, QPCC, Trim allegedly among guilty parties

  • Face masks are set to be worn at all times during Tokyo 2020 ©Getty Images

    Face masks and social distancing to be in place during Tokyo 2020

  • The coronavirus countermeasures taskforce is due to present a progress report ahead of Tokyo 2020 ©Getty Images

    Participants face COVID-19 testing every four to five days at Tokyo 2020

  • Tokyo 2020 organisers have estimated the postponement of the Games is set to cost an additional $1.9 billion ©Getty Images

    Tokyo 2020 estimate puts cost of Games postponement at $1.9 billion

  • TTOC president Brian Lewis, centre, is flanked by Agriculture Minister Clarence Rambharat,left, and Mayor of Port of Spain Joel Martinez, who completed in the T&T International Marathon (TTIM), last year. Lewis and Minister Rambharat participated in this year's marathon walk.  @courtesy TTOC

    Virtual T&T international marathon next year

  • TTOC pleads for stranded athletes

    TTOC pleads for stranded athletes

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