What is the mascot of the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games?
The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games can be described as twists and turns. Recently, Russia has been banned from taking part in the Tokyo Olympic Games. Many people just pay attention to whether the Tokyo Olympic Games can continue to be held, but ignore the very lovely Tokyo Olympic mascot. Let's take a look at the twists and turns of the Tokyo Olympics.
Novel coronavirus pneumonia was announced in March 11, 2020 by the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee executive committee member. Taking into account the impact of the current outbreak of the new crown pneumonia, it is a realistic choice to postpone the Olympic Games for one to two years in Tokyo. However, the Tokyo organizing committee has since issued a statement that the Games will open on time on July 24, 2020.
On March 17, 2020, a number of BOCOG directors have agreed to the proposal of the extension of the Tokyo Olympic Games to 2022 proposed by Gao Qiaozhi, director of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee. It is said that the BOCOG Council will hold a meeting on the 30th to discuss the issue.
On March 22, 2020, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) issued a statement saying that it would complete the assessment of the epidemic situation in the next four weeks and complete the detailed discussion on the hosting scheme of the Tokyo Olympic Games. Postponement of the holding of the Olympic Games is one of the alternatives, but the cancellation of the Tokyo Olympic Games is not on the agenda.
On March 23, 2020, Japan plans to agree to the extension of the Tokyo Olympic Games.
On March 24, 2020, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in a press meeting that a consensus had been reached in the talks with Bach that the Tokyo Olympic Games would be held in the summer of 2021 at the latest.
On March 30, 2020, the International Olympic Committee, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee and the Japanese government jointly announced that the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games would be held from July 23 to August 8, 2021.
On April 7, 2020, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that the preliminary competitions for various sports events of the Tokyo Olympic Games should be held before June 29, 2021. At the same time, competitors from all countries and regions should complete the registration before July 5, 2021.
On June 11, 2020, the principle of revising the entry qualification of Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020 aims to provide guiding principles in formulating the time and date of new events in response to the impact of the new championship epidemic on the Olympic qualification.
On July 17, 2020, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee announced a new competition schedule for the Tokyo Olympic Games. The Tokyo Olympic Games will be held from July 23 to August 8, 2021, with a total of 33 major events and 339 minor events. The specific competition schedule and venue have been determined.
On the morning of November 16, 2020, the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Bach held talks with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Kan. Both sides agreed that the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games would be held as scheduled.
What is the mascot of the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games?
Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee officially announced the names of mascots for the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games as "miraitowa" and "someity". The blue mascot named miraitowa is the mascot of Tokyo Olympic Games, which means the future full of eternal hope; the cherry mascot named someity is the mascot of Tokyo Paralympic Games, which means overcoming obstacles and challenging limits.
