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A few points to add now that both the Contender and Star Contender have come to an end.The only event any team, not just Japan, has a shot at the gold medal is the XD. All of them know it. Mizutani and Ito have spoken about it the most on TV.
The odds for the WS, though still low, were better had Tokyo 2020 been held last year. OTOH, the odds are better for the MS now, judging from Men's World Cup 2020 and the WTT Contender Doha 2021. All-Japan 2021 was a joke when seeded players were forced to play 3 singles matches on the opening day.
The WT has no chance without Hayata(still low with her). Ishikawa/Hirano just doesn't work. Having Ito play 2 singles in every match is just insane when she has to compete in all 3 events. The MT has no chance no matter how. Mizutani and Niwa playing doubles is comical. Imagine Harimoto playing doubles? Cruelty of competitive sport and fairness in the selection system don't *bleep* mix.
東京五輪・パラリンピックの観客を巡り、政府と大会組織委員会、東京都は海外一般客の受け入れを見送る方針を固めた。各国で新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大が続いているためで、聖火リレーが始まる今月25日より前に国際オリンピック委員会(IOC)と国際パラリンピック委員会(IPC)を交えた5者会談を行い、その後、正式表明する。
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チケットは、海外ですでに約90万枚が販売されている。観客が来なければ、組織委が見込んでいる約900億円のチケット収入が減る上、世界の人々が交流を深めることも難しくなる。返金の手続きにも多額の経費がかかるとみられる。
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競技会場に入れる国内の観客数についても、組織委は、プロ野球などを参考に上限を定めるか検討しており、4月中に判断する。
The Japanese government has decided to exclude overseas spectators from attending this summer's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, as part of efforts to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, officials with knowledge of the matter said Tuesday.
The government and the Japanese organizing committee of the Summer Games are expected to hold a remote meeting with the International Olympic Committee and two other bodies possibly next week to make a formal decision on the issue of overseas visitors.
The Session also heard about two important, upcoming decisions that will impact fans. CEO Muto explained that a decision on whether overseas spectators will be allowed to attend the Games will be made prior to the start of the Olympic Torch Relay later this month. Thereafter, a decision on venue capacity is also expected in April.
TOKYO: A decision has not been reached on whether to allow foreign spectators to watch the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee President Seiko Hashimoto said on Thursday, denying media reports that a decision had been reached.
The decision would be made before the start of the Olympic Torch relay, she added.
Sources told Reuters on Wednesday that Japan has decided to stage the Games without spectators from abroad due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19.
Just how divided is Japan over Tokyo 2020?
Yomiuri, 1 of 5 Japanese national newspapers, claims that no overseas spectators will be accepted, yet the IOC statement says otherwise. Roughly 900,000 overseas tickets have been sold, which would translate to roughly 90 billion yen of loss if they have to be refunded, on top of the costs involved in the refund process.
https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/20210310-OYT1T50001/
https://english.kyodonews.net/tokyo...ed-at-start-of-tokyo-olympic-torch-relay.html
https://www.olympic.org/news/-safety-first-tokyo-2020-games-to-excite-and-inspire-the-world
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/new...-says-tokyo-2020-president-hashimoto-14385474
Whole thing is a mess. Looks like qualifying, logistics, volunteers, medical staff etc appears to be all over the place, four months left alot is still unclear and the dark.
Just make a final decision. If decide to proceed let all the countries involved know plans, expectations, measures for safety etc so can proceed. If things not in place then cancel and no one would think any less of IOC or Japan.
During the meeting, the IOC and the IPC were informed that, as outlined in the full statement by Tokyo 2020, the conclusion of the Japanese parties is not to allow entry into Japan for overseas spectators for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 due to the prevailing worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Olympic and Paralympic Games tickets purchased by overseas residents from the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee will be refunded.
China stands ready to continue to coordinate with the IOC and support the holding of the Tokyo Olympics. China is willing to work with the IOC to strengthen vaccine cooperation and jointly build an effective line of protection for athletes participating in the games.
2020東京奧運會 - 乒乓球(24/7-6/8/2021) – 港隊球員名單
四年一度之奧運會因疫情關係延至今年七月下旬於日本東京舉行,香港乒乓球隊成功取得7張入場劵,3男3女獲得參加個人及團體賽參賽資格。 球員名單如下:
混合雙打(1對): 黃鎮廷、杜凱琹
男子單打(2人): 黃鎮廷、林兆恒
女子單打(2人): 杜凱琹、蘇慧音
男子團體(1隊): 黃鎮廷、林兆恒、何鈞傑
女子團體(1隊): 杜凱琹、蘇慧音、李皓晴
後補球員: 吳柏男、朱成竹
港隊現身處國內積極備戰2020東京奧運會,目標為爭取獎牌。
香港乒乓球隊總教練陳江華表示,大軍現時正身在內地練習一個半月,盡量提升狀態及感覺備戰東京奧運。
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香港乒乓球隊主力黃鎮廷、杜凱琹、李皓晴等現時都身在內地,領軍北上訓練的陳江華說:「現時我們在內地訓練,和中國隊一起備戰作最後衝刺。現時打算練到六月尾,前後一個半月時間。今次北上想作實戰練習提升返狀態,盡快入局。稍後六月尾回港,如果安排到,也想在奧運前和傳媒見面交代近況。」
民政事務局體育專員楊德強表示,國際奧委會及東京奧組委,都十分期望東京奧運可以如期舉行,據特區政府收到的資料,今屆奧運如期舉行的機會高,本港運動員會按原有計劃繼續備戰,政府亦會全速進行奧運宣傳及轉播安排的工作。
The open letter on the official website of Tokyo Medical Practitioners Association:"We strongly request that the authorities convince the IOC (International Olympic Committee) that holding the Olympics is difficult and obtain its decision to cancel the Games," the association said in a May 14 open letter to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga which was posted to its website on Monday.
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"The medical institutions dealing with coronavirus disease have their hands full and have almost no spare capacity," the medical association said in its letter.
Doctors would soon face the added difficulty of dealing with heat exhaustion patients during the summer months and if the Olympics contributed to a rise in deaths "Japan will bear the maximum responsibility,'' it added.
The press conference on the official website of Japan Doctors Union:Holding the Tokyo Olympics safely as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage would be "impossible", a union of Japanese hospital doctors warned Wednesday.
"We strongly oppose holding the Tokyo Olympics at a time when people around the world are fighting the new coronavirus," the union said in a statement submitted to the government.
"It is impossible to hold a safe and secure Olympics during the pandemic."
The union, which represents staff doctors at hospitals, is one of a number covering medical professionals in Japan. It does not list the size of its membership.
"We can't deny the danger that many kinds of new virus variants will bring to Tokyo from around the world," the union statement added.
TISCHTENNIS (8)
Männer (4): Dimitrij Ovtcharov (Orenburg/Hameln), Timo Boll (Düsseldorf), Patrick Franziska (Saarbrücken). - Alternate Athlete: Benedikt Duda (Bergneustadt)
Frauen (4): Petrissa Solja (Langstadt), Han Ying (Tarnobrzeg/Polen), Shan Xiaona (Berlin). - Alternate Athlete: Nina Mittelham (Berlin)
Das deutsche Aufgebot bei den Olympischen Spielen in Tokio
Herren-Team: Dimitrij Ovtcharov (Fakel Gazprom Orenburg, Russland / Weltrangliste: 9; Olympia-Teilnahmen: 2008, 2012, 2016), Timo Boll (Borussia Düsseldorf / WR: 11; OT: 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016), Patrick Franziska (1. FC Saarbrücken TT / WR: 16; OT: -). Ergänzungsspieler: Benedikt Duda (TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt / WR: 41; OT: -)
Damen-Team: Petrissa Solja (TSV Langstadt / WR: 20; OT: 2016), Han Ying (KTS Enea Siarka Tarnobrzeg, Polen / WR: 22; OT: 2016, Shan Xiaona (ttc berlin eastside / WR: 41; OT: 2016). Ergänzungsspielerin: Nina Mittelham (ttc berlin eastside / WR: 39; OT: -)
Herren-Einzel: Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Timo Boll
Damen-Einzel: Petrissa Solja, Han Ying
Gemischtes Doppel: Patrick Franziska/Petrissa Solja
Men’s Team
Africa (1)
Egypt Omar Assar, Ahmed Saleh, Khalid Assar
Asia (5)
China Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin
Japan Tomokazu Harimoto, Koki Niwa, Jun Mizutani
Korea Republic Youngsik Jeong, Woojin Jang, Sangsu Lee
Chinese Taipei Lin Yun-Ju, Chuang Chih-Yuan, Chen Chien-An
Hong Kong, China Wong Chun Ting, Lam Siu Hang, Ho Kwan Kit
Europe (7)
Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Timo Boll, Patrick Franziska
Slovenia Jorgic Darko, Tokic Bojan, Kozul Deni
Croatia Andrej Gacina, Tomislav Pucar, Frane Kojic
Sweden Mattias Falck, Anton Kallberg, Kristian Karlsson
France Simon Gauzy, Emmanuel Lebesson, Alexandre Cassin
Portugal Marcos Freitas, Tiago Apolonia, Joao Monteiro
Serbia Aleksandar Karakasevic, Zsolt Peto, Marko Jevtovic
Latin America (1)
Brazil Hugo Calderano, Gustavo Tsuboi, Vitor Ishiy
North America (1)
USA Kanak Jha, Nikhil Kumar, Zhou Xin
Oceania (1)
Australia David Powell, Yan Xin, Hu Heming
Women’s Team
Asia (6)
China Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Liu Shiwen
Japan Mima Ito, Kasumi Ishikawa, Miu Hirano
Hong Kong, China Doo Hoi Kem, Soo Wai Yam Minnie, Lee Ho Ching
Singapore Feng Tianwei, Yu Mengyu, Lin Ye
Chinese Taipei Cheng I-Ching, Chen Szu-Yu, Cheng Hsien-Tzu
Korea Republic Jeon Jihee, Shin Yubin, Choi Hyojoo
Europe (5)
Germany Petrissa Solja, Han Ying, Shan Xiaona
Austria Sofia Polcanova, Liu Jia, Liu Yuan
Poland Li Qian, Natalia Partyka, Natalia Bajor
Hungary Dora Madarasz, Georgina Pota, Szandra Pergel
Romania Elizabeta Samara, Bernadette Szocs, Daniela Dodean Monteiro
Africa (1)
Egypt Dina Meshref, Yousra Helmy, Farah Abdel-Aziz
North America (1)
USA Lily Zhang, Liu Juan, Wang Huijing
Latin America (1)
Brazil Bruna Takahashi, Jessica Yamada, Caroline Kumahara
Oceania (1)
Australia Michelle Bromley, Stephanie Sang, Melissa Tapper