Canadian athletes will not compete at Tokyo 2020 Olympics due to risks of COVID-19

[Nat]

The Canadian Olympic Committee and Canadian Paralympic Committee say they will not send athletes to compete in Tokyo if the Games go ahead as scheduled, set to begin on July 24th.

Backed by the Athletes' Commissions, National Sports Organizations and the Government of Canada, the COC and CPC say they have "made the difficult decision to not send Canadian teams to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the summer of 2020."

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/canadian-olympic-committee-tokyo-2020-ioc-1.5506291

 

[Abizaga]

Honestly I don't blame them. They should be staying as safe as they can.

 

[Aries]

Honestly I don't blame them. They should be staying as safe as they can.

I wonder if they’re the only ones who’ve cancelled so far?

 

[Abizaga]

For this event, no idea. I do know a lot of other sports events were, though.