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Olympic Oath Changed To Highlight Inclusion, Non-Discrimination And Equality For Tokyo Games’ Opening Ceremony

The International Olympic Committee has announced that one of the most symbolic and important parts of the Tokyo Games Opening Ceremony – the Olympic oath – has been significantly adapted in order to “highlight the importance of solidarity, inclusion, non-discrimination and equality.” The new wording of the Olympic…

By Tom Tapp
Jul 14, 2021 6:56 pm
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Tokyo Olympics Will Be Held Even If Japan Emergency Continues, IOC Official Insists

The Tokyo Olympics must go on, a senior International Olympics Committee executive said Friday. John Coates, the IOC vice president in charge of the Tokyo Olympics, said the Games would open even if the city and other parts of Japan were under a state of emergency because of COVID-19. Coates said the Games would go on…