- The Associated Press
Tokyo Olympics CEO suggests relaxed entry rules for athletes
Tokyo Olympics officials are proposing that the government relax immigration regulations to allow athletes to enter the country before next year's postponed games and train during a 14-day quarantine period, Toshiro Muto, the CEO of the organizing committee said on Wednesday. ''We have to consider the uniqueness of the athletes and also their activities,'' Muto said, speaking in Japanese following a meeting of a task force considering countermeasures against the COVID-19 pandemic. The International Olympic Committee, Tokyo city and national government officials, and members of the organizing committee are holding virtual meetings on Thursday and Friday focused on finding ways to hold the delayed Olympics during a pandemic.
- NBC Sports
Iris Cummings, last living 1936 U.S. Olympian, has flown ever since Berlin
Iris Cummings, a swimmer turned Hall of Fame pilot, is the last living U.S. Olympian from the 1936 Berlin Games.
- Reuters
Tokyo Olympics to require COVID-19 tests for athletes: draft of planned measures
Organisers of the delayed Tokyo Olympics will require COVID-19 tests for non-Japanese athletes and other participants upon arrival in Japan, according to a draft of measures proposed by organisers and released on Wednesday. Japanese Olympic athletes and other participants living in Japan will be subject to the same measures, according to the draft measures still under discussion. Tokyo 2020 organisers were forced to delay the games due to the pandemic.
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