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Quarantine, Empty
Stadiums Best for
Tokyo Olympics:
ATRadio
(Atlanta) - Empty venues
and
quarantines
for
athletes could be ahead
for the Tokyo Olympics, a
leading epidemiologist in
the U.S. tells Around the
Rings.
Speaking in the latest
ATRadio
podcast,
Dr
Jeffrey Engel says he
believes the Olympics
and Paralympics can take
place next year -- but
that extraordinary steps
could be needed to
protect
athletes
and
spectators.
Engel, senior advisor on
Covid-19 for the Council
of State and Territorial
Epidemiologists, a U.S.
professional association,
spoke with ATR Editor Ed
Hula
on
May
6.
He says one way to lower
risk to athletes would be
to have them all arrive at
the same time and
undergo
a
two-week
quarantine together in
Japan ahead of the
Games.
In the absence of a
vaccine,
Engel
says
another way to protect
athletes would be for
competitions to proceed
without
spectators.
Sports events organizers
such as the Olympics and
professional leagues such
as MLB may have to
decide if the event is
economically
feasible
without ticket sales, he
says.
ATRadio is Around the
Rings’
market-leading
podcast, airing two to
three times each week.
“These podcasts bring
together
the
leading
figures in Olympic and
world sport to discuss the
complex
issues
they
face.” ATR editor Ed Hula
says. “In particular, the
impact of the coronavirus
and the postponement of
the Tokyo Olympics have
left sport with many
critical issues to settle.”
More than 3.7 million
cases in nearly 200
countries
have
been
recorded
since
the
coronavirus
was
first
reported on December
2019. Worldwide there
have
been
260,000
deaths and 1.2 million
recoveries.
Friday’s ATRadio guest is
IIHF Pres. Rene Fasel,
speaking
with
ATR
correspondent
Brian
Pinelli on the day the ice
hockey
world
championships
were
supposed to begin in
Switzerland.
Monday’s guest will be
Raffaele Chiulli, president
of
SportAccord,
the
annual world sport and
business summit. Chiulli
discusses plans for next
year’s
session
in
Yekaterinburg,
Russia,
following the cancellation
of the 2020
meeting.
Other
recent
guests
discussing Tokyo 2020
and the coronavirus have
included
pole
vault
legend Sergey Bubka,
now president of the
Ukraine NOC; Sebastian
Coe, head of World
Athletics
and
former
chairman
of
London
2012;
Tokyo
2020
spokesman Masa Takaya;
Ursula Papandrea, acting
head of the International
Weightlifting Federation;
U.S.
Olympic
and
Paralympic CEO Sarah
Hirshland; Dave Hagerty,
president
of
the
International
Tennis
Federation,
and
Kim
Andersen, president of
the
World
Sailing.
A complete directory of
recent podcasts can be
found here.
Ed Hula is available for
interviews.
Contact
comment@aroundthering
s.com, or text +1 678
665
6680
(no
calls
accepted).
About
Around
Rings
the
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1992,
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providing
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reporting about the $5
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