Tokyo 2020: Covid-19 violations could see athletes sent home – updated playbooks

Name: Are the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics going ahead?
Uploaded: 2021-06-15T12:37:34.000Z
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Breaches of the rules could result in exclusions, disqualifications, financial sanctions. and even deportation from Japan

‘There could be sanctions coming your way,’ warns IOC’s Pierre Ducrey, but no speculation on what acts could see which punishments

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Jonathan White

Published: 8:37pm, 15 Jun 2021Updated: 9:04pm, 15 Jun 2021

The third and final version of the athlete and officials playbooks for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been released at a press conference in the Japanese capital on Tuesday evening, with organisers taking a hard line on any potential violations.

With these updated measures to limit the risk of Covid-19 in Tokyo, there was a warning to all those travelling that breaches of the rules could result in exclusions, disqualifications, financial sanctions. and even deportation from Japan.

Details on what specific actions will warrant which punishments remain thin on the ground but there is a risk that star athletes may miss out on medal chances if they fail to adhere to the playbooks.

“There is no number at this point,” Christophe Dubi, the IOC’s Olympic Games Executive Director, said when asked whether there was a limit on the financial sanctions. “It is a range of sanctions that we want to pass on to the participants,” he said, suggesting that the role of the sanctions is to show how seriously breaches will be taken.

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Are the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics going ahead?

“This is the role of the disciplinary commission,” he added on how punishments will be decided, refusing to speculate on what acts will lead to what sanctions.