Lausanne, Switzerland, December 7, 2020: The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee presented a number of updates to the IOC Executive Board on December 7 focused on developments relating to the impact of COVID-19 as they prepare to deliver Games fit for a post-corona world.
Speaking after the meeting, IOC President Thomas Bach said the countermeasures and guidelines should serve all 206 National Olympic Committees at the Olympics.
“We think that this is absolutely necessary, because we need to reduce and minimise the number of residents in the Olympic Village to minimise the risk of COVID exposure,” he said.
“At the same time, we wanted to maintain the athletes’ experience. We wanted to be balanced with the considerations about athletic performance and also with attendance at the Opening Ceremony.”
The guidelines direct NOCs to adapt their arrival and departure policies to ensure that athletes can arrive at the Olympic Village five days prior to the start of their competition and depart a maximum of two days after their completion of competition. Some period of stay exceptions will be considered subject to certain sport specific criteria.
These guidelines will be published as part of a series of evolving “playbooks” by the IOC and Tokyo 2020 from January 2021, with each NOC responsible for creating, communicating and enforcing their respective arrival and departure policies based on these guidelines.
Source: www.olympic.org