Press comments on the Olympics ending: “Virus as a game spoiler”

Russia Sport Express: "The game is over. On the positive side, however, there is now more time before the 2021 Olympics to finally clarify the question of the status of the Russian Athletics Association. Until then it’s time to work relentlessly.” Vedomosti: “This is an attempt at a compromise between danger and openness. The fact that the Olympic flame remains in Tokyo is like a beacon of hope in these troubled times.” Kommersant: “The most important sporting event in the world has now become the most well-known victim of the coronavirus. There was no other way out.” Italy Greenhouse Courier: “Decision on the Olympics is overdue. The postponement of the Olympic Games is historic. And it is a smart decision that ends unnecessary, boring and money-grabbing discussions. Sport cannot afford to fall out of this time and world. Especially when people die in hospitals, when families scattered all over the world suffer. The Olympic Games are joy, competition, records, medals, but they have to happen at the right time. Wrong timing means leaving a brutta figura, a bad impression. Yesterday, Olympic sport avoided this.” Austria Courier: “After politics and terror, a virus is the game spoiler” The press: “There was no getting around the postponement of the Summer Games in Tokyo due to the coronavirus crisis. No matter how much Japan and the International Olympic Committee have refused to do so, to the displeasure of the sports world that is growing every day, no decision other than the historic step in sports makes sense.” Czechia Pravo: “Sadness and relief – the Olympic Games are postponed! Athletes around the world regret that they will be deprived of this highlight of their careers this year, but at the same time they welcome the fact that after weeks of speculation there is finally clarity.” MF Dnes: “A historic moment. The Olympic Games in Tokyo have been postponed. The new challenge is now: 2021. The unnecessary, almost naive stalling tactics are over.” aktualne.cz: “Pandemics, wars, terrorists or the raging volcano Vesuvius: sometimes even the Olympic Games have to take a step back.” Hungary Hungarian Nmezet: “The IOC had no other choice”

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Press comments on the Olympics ending: “Virus as a game spoiler”

International press reviews on the decision by the International Olympic Committee and host Japan to postpone the Olympic Games in Tokyo to 2021.

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