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IOC EB and AC discusses Tokyo 2020 final preparations
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 19 (ANI): The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the IOC Athletes' Commission (AC) discussed the final preparations for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, including the athlete experience and COVID-19 countermeasures on Monday during their re
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Tokyo 2020 Olympics encourages circular economy for sustainable developmen
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 19 (ANI): Organisers of Tokyo 2020 are using the Games as an opportunity to showcase new ideas and innovative technologies which include the concept of a circular economy, in which waste and pollution are reduced while products and materials are reused and recycled.
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Tokyo Olympics: Missing Uganda weightlifter spotted
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 19 (ANI): Julius Ssekitoleko, a 20-year-old Ugandan weightlifter, who went missing on Friday has been spotted at JR Nagoya Station, about 200 kilometers from Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture where he was originally staying.
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Tokyo Olympics: Czech Republic's beach volleyball player Ondrej Perusic te
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 19 (ANI): The Czech Republic's beach volleyball player Ondrej Perusic came out COVID-19 positive on Monday ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the Czech team confirmed.
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IOC reassures sturdiness of sustainable cardboard beds at Games Village
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 19 (ANI): International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Monday reassured that the sustainable cardboard beds are sturdy for athletes at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Village.
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Tokyo 2020: Hydrogen shows promises of a carbon-free future
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 18 (ANI): Tokyo 2020 will be the very first time in Olympic history that the Olympic cauldron will be powered with hydrogen, marking the Olympic Movement's commitment to a more sustainable world.
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Participants of Tokyo 2020 are the most controlled population: Games Opera
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 18 (ANI): International Olympic Committee (IOC) Olympic Games Operations Director, Pierre Ducrey has stated that the participants of the Tokyo Olympic Games are the most controlled population in the world.
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IOC Refugee Olympic Team heads to Tokyo 2020 after COVID-19 scare
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 18 (ANI): Members of the IOC Refugee Olympic Team who gathered in Doha, Qatar, for a Welcome Experience, and whose departure for the Olympic Games was delayed due to COVID-19 scare, are now on their way to Tokyo.
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IOC launches Mentally Fit Helpline; athletes to have 24-hour access
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 18 (ANI): All athletes attending the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 and the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 will have 24-hour access to the new IOC Mentally Fit Helpline.
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Tokyo 2020: IOC to monitor sports betting on all Olympic competitions
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 17 (ANI): Protecting the integrity of sport at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, is a top priority for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) thus the IOC Executive Board (EB) was updated on Saturday about the measures put in place for Games time -- aimed at both preventing
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Tokyo Olympics: 0.1 per cent tested COVID-19 positive in 16 days
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 17 (ANI): Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Director of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Christian Klaue has informed that only 15 (0.1%) people tested COVID-19 positive at arrival or at screening tests between July 1-16.
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Tokyo 2020: BK Sinha to handle responsibilities of Press Attache for India
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): BK Sinha (Retired Director General of Police, IPS) will be handling the responsibilities of Press Attache for the Indian contingent in the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Sinha had already been assigned the role of Security Attache.
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