antonis32123
Legend
Loyaler
I am sad because they decided to postpone it for the next year . Some athletes won't be in the same optimal physical condition , some will be older and less capable , some won't participate at all . Maybe they couldn't do otherwise , less important sport events have been postponed or cancelled , a major one like the Olympics couln't escape this fate , I just wonder , couldn't they wait for one-two more months and the take the decision , why this rush ?? The event would initially start at the end of July , wouldn't it ??
Anyway , I wish and hope this virus crisis ends soon , we had enough of it .....
Anyway , I wish and hope this virus crisis ends soon , we had enough of it .....
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TheDev
Rock Star
Silver Level
As sad as I am that they are postponed for a year it was the only logical option. They have to give all the athletes the appropriate times and place to train and qualify for the games. With this coronavirus going on too many athletes have been hindered in their opportunities to ensure they are truly ready/qualified for the games. Many qualifications hadn't even been completed yet. Therefore, we couldnt even have an accurate and fair Olympics.
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Gelidmind
Rock Star
Silver Level
I have friends who are Olympians and this is sad, but has to be done. Athletes train so hard for 4 years with the Olympics in mind and they have to wait another year. Hopefully they can remain focused and healthy. You just have to make the best of things during this time. The world will truly be different after this, but we have to grow and adapt.
Shumkoolie
Legend
Silver Level
Delaying the decision 1-2 more months would be a logistical nightmare. It's not as simple as just flipping a switch, there's so much that goes into planning/executing an event of this magnitude, most of which we, as casual viewers, never see.
If they still continued to prepare as if the games were going on, those who would be working are putting themselves at higher risk of catching COVID-19, then potentially infecting family members, which in turn, would have domino effect in the communities in which they live.
This way, everything is put on pause for a year - the preparations don't have to continue, and the people can stay safer in their homes. The athletes, the ones we do see, are affected of course, but they also face the same risks, if they were to train as if nothing was wrong with the world. Now, they can work around what's happening and still stay as prepared as possible for next year.
The IOC, though a little slow, did finally make the right decision.
As barren as this year's sports calendar will be, next year will be the opposite, if we get through this. Summer games, followed by the 2022 Winter Games a few months later. For fans of the Olympic Games, that would be really good.
antonis32123
Legend
Loyaler
Ift hey couldn't do otherwise , anything else , then the postponement of the Olympics was the right decision .
But I am very skeptical I have to confess :
Deaths rate for the young people , like the Olympic athletes , is extremely low , 10-40 years 0.2% at the most !!!
For 50-60 years old 1.4% , for 60-70 years old 3.6% ,
70-80 years 8% !!!!!!!!!!! , 80+ years old 15% !!!!!!!!!!
(by the way for babies 0-9 years almost zero percent feath rate , one , two , three cases ?? at least the survival of the human being is NOT at risk ....... ) .
Old people with serious or very serious preexisted chronic deseases die , also the younger people who die , who are much too fewer than the old , also have serious preexisted chronic diseases . Yes , even the young can have serious medical condition , serious diseases
A great virus outbreak , a pandemia , usually lasts for 2 years , if this is much more serious , it will last more . So the postponement of the events , like the Olympics , for 1 year is meaningless , postpone them for two years , or even cancel them .
Normal influenza , with death rate only 0.1-0.2% or less , kills 300.000-600.000up to 1.000.000-2.000.000 , maybe 3.000.000-4.000.000 in extreme cases people in two years , corona virus with 2-3% death rate in 4 months 70.000 Ofcourse , ifthe pandemia lasts 2 years , the total deaths won't be 70.000x3x2 , just refering the nowadays numbers . In 1918 usual flu , it had the death rate of 4-10% , killing 20-100 millions , ofcourse then no medicines , no much healthcare for most , so let's not count this particular case .
If a person with cancer or with immune system and organs/body parts destroed by an illness , let's say a AIDS kind of deisastrous desease , dies , and the coroner finds corona virs in the dead body , the death cause will not be cancer , or whatever else , it will be corona virus , not the serious problem he had .
Ofcourse corona by itself very hard to kill , but the serious previous health problems/deseases/pathophysiology conditions DO kill by themselves one day , with extreme death rates , millions of people each year every single of these dedath causes
Deaths ONLY by corona virus deaths are very few , it makes you wonder . They do the same with seasonal flu statistics .
I am not saying that it's not a situation to be carefull , take some measures , by all means , even if it's a simple influenza desease you take precautions , it's absolutely normal , I am just referring some facts , which lead to exaggerations and hysterical social phenomena , orchestrated by the ones who are in danger more , most of them old ones , government officials or not ... ........
Also in a stadium , Olympic games dimensions , not closed so air is refreshed all the time , with 50.000-100.000 people , you can't put 500-1.000 YOUNG ONLY fand in , by parties of two-three in distance to the rest parties ???
in a game especially where not even athletes are very close between them (tennis???) .....
play an event with YOUNG referees , YOUNG assistants , YOUNG only absolutely necessary personnel ??? Wow .......is it so hard ????
If that's the case , if it's so dangerous , maybe they should impose these measures in the police , the army , only the necessary personnel!!! (at least for police , LOL , noone is out in the streets , traffic policemen should be dismissed , LOL ) . All the senior generals , captains , leutenants stay at home , sergeants and low officers , meaning the young ones will do the job , LOL .
Ofcourse no
For anything they want, they find ways to deal with this crisis , and all of this security personnel to be as safe as possible , with some very few exceptions , such as that with the aircraft carrier ship recently .
When they want , they find solutions , when they don't want , nothing can happen , then it's a matter of death and life for all the rest to live in isolation , and everything to be postponed/cancelled ...............reaaaalllyyyy....................................
In the streets in my greek neighborhood , in the evening , I see many old people , walking , alone or not , with or not disinfection measures . I see more of them than young , LOL . They are in great extreme danger in absolute contrast to the young , they are the first ones who need to stay at home if/when they don't work , we have all these restrictions for THEIR SAKE mostly , , maybe that should have been the first measure of all , obligatory isolation for the old ones at homes
????Anyway , laws are laws , if they impose sth , you follow the rules , or else pay the (very high ) price (fine) . If the old ones , if the ones who rule , if most people say sth is black , although you see it's white , you should also say it's black , or else you are the black sheep , the idiot for your own interest , or else you 'll be in trouble one day..................................... silence is gold......
But if they make your living very hard and intolerable with extreme totalitarian unfair isolation measures , then you have to prioritise what's more important for you : keep on being obedient and good example of citizen always following and serving the dominant sovereign class or way of thinking as a ''yes sir'' sheep , or keep on living in one piece on this planet , and protect your body as well as mind/psychology ??? Then breaking the law should be on the schedule ...........................
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Scroooob
Rock Star
Silver Level
I don't believe they can get postponed. they'll probably be lost until 2024
Berandir
Visionary
Platinum Level
In times of Pandemic, I believe that isolation measures must be followed to avoid forms of contagion. Various sports modalities and agendas, in almost all countries were canceled or postponed, and with the Olympic games, I think it will be no different.
In my opinion, the postponement was a coherent measure, until conditions became safer.
In my opinion, the postponement was a coherent measure, until conditions became safer.
gabryyyel31
Legend
Platinum Level
i will hope the next Olympic games started in 2021.
We all hope that things will be good next year and the Olympic Games can take place safely.
