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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has pledged to support National Olympic Committees (NOCs) gain access to COVID-19 vaccines for their athletes prior to Tokyo 2020. IOC President Thomas Bach told members and NOCs on separate calls this week that the IOC and the World Health Organization (WHO) would help NOCs struggling to obtain the vaccines in the lead-up to the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, two sources with knowledge of the talks told insidethegames. The IOC has repeatedly said it will not jump the queue ahead of those who need a vaccination most and has insisted it will not be mandatory for athletes to compete at the Games. But Bach and other IOC officials, including Athletes Commission vice-chair Danka Bartekova, have encouraged athletes to have the vaccine when they are able to do so. The IOC has stated publicly on several occasions that it hopes to have many foreign participants as possible vaccinated for COVID-19 before Tokyo 2020. A handful of countries have begun rolling out vaccines in recent weeks, but there is concern that athletes from smaller and less developed nations who are due to compete at Tokyo 2020 will be unable to access them before the Games. IOC President Thomas Bach has claimed there is no reason whatsoever that Tokyo 2020 will not open as scheduled ©Getty Images IOC President Thomas Bach has claimed there is no reason whatsoever that Tokyo 2020 will not open as scheduled ©Getty Images Discussions have taken place between the IOC and the WHO regarding its Covax project, aimed at speeding up the distribution of vaccines in developing countries. The IOC is hopeful the WHO scheme will enable athletes from developing nations to receive the vaccine in time for the Games, scheduled to open on July 23. While the IOC and Tokyo 2020 have stressed the vaccine will not be a "silver bullet" for the Games, their development has nonetheless boosted hopes of the Games going ahead. It forms part of a "toolbox" of countermeasures the IOC and organisers are planning to implement if the Olympics and Paralympics take place as planned. The IOC and Tokyo 2020 are also working on what they call a "playbook" for the Games to ensure the event can be held safely, featuring rapid testing and vaccines. Bach's call with NOCs came hours after British newspaper The Times reported the Japanese Government had privately concluded Tokyo 2020 would be cancelled because of the COVID-19 crisis. The Japanese Government said there was "absolutely no truth" in the report, while the IOC said it remains committed to the Games taking place "this year" - despite growing fears over a rise in coronavirus cases across the world, thought to be caused by new variants of COVID-19. Bach told Kyodo News earlier this week there was "no reason whatsoever" to think Tokyo 2020 will not open as scheduled and said the IOC did not have a "plan B" for the Games. The IOC has vowed to help countries with access to COVID-19 vaccines ©Getty Images
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has pledged to support National Olympic Committees (NOCs) gain access to COVID-19 vaccines for their athletes prior to Tokyo 2020.

Simone Biles Says She’ll “Do Anything” to Compete at Tokyo Olympics: “I’m in 100 Percent”
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Nothing can stop Simone Biles from competing in the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, she told Hoda Kotb on NBC News' TODAY.

Thomas Bach speaks to the media during a visit to Tokyo's National Stadium on Nov. 17, 2020. | AFP-JIJI
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SYDNEY – The entire Olympic movement is united in its determination to ensure the Tokyo Games happen this summer, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said in a video message to mark the six-month countdown to the opening ceremony.

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Six months shy of the start of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, there has been considerable speculation as to whether the Games will be held, or if they will be canceled for a second time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Recent reports cited an anonymous source within the Japanese government as stating that it will be impossible for the Olympics to be held this summer. However, that statement has been widely refuted, including by a formal statement from the Japanese government.

The Japanese Government has denied reports that Tokyo 2020 will be cancelled ©Getty Images
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The Japanese Government has denied reports that this year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo will be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Bach says ‘no reason’ Games will not open on time in July.
  • Pound suggests the Olympics could go ahead with no fans.

There have been calls for Olympic athletes to receive the coronavirus vaccine before the start of the delayed Tokyo Games. Photograph: Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock
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With the Covid-19 pandemic still raging, Olympians wonder whether they will – and should – be vaccinated in time for the Games

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga delivers a policy speech during an ordinary Diet session at the upper house of parliament in Tokyo, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021.Koji Sasahara/AP
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TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga vowed Monday to get the pandemic under control and hold the already postponed Olympics this summer with ample coronavirus protection.

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Top local swimmer embarks on long road to Tokyo

TOP Trinidad and Tobago swimmer Dylan Carter departs home shores today en route through Miami to a training camp in Tenerife, Spain, followed by a three-day stop in Nice, France, for competition, before making tentative plans to return to his San Diego, California base, in mid-February.

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