This afternoon.
Via Reuters:
Olympic athletes will be subject to GPS monitoring as will members of the media, Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee CEO Toshiro Muto said on Wednesday.
Muto, speaking at a news conference, also said the monitoring system will be used not to track every single movement of the Olympic participants but to retroactively trace them if an issue arises….
Olympics-Athletes will be subject to GPS monitoring, says Tokyo 2020 CEO (Reuters)
Earlier…
Kaori Yamaguchi, a senior figure in the Japanese Olympic Committee, has warned that holding the Tokyo Games during the pandemic is putting officials under intense pressure, after one employee reportedly took his own life https://t.co/ePP3h00Q23
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They should never be happening in late July in Tokyo anyway because of the heat, nevermind any corona shenanigans. Theres no good reason not to delay for two months until late September when the weather is a bit cooler and Japan has vaccinated a lot more people.
No good reason? Well apart from all the athletes spending the year to peak for a specific period to compete at their best.
The delay would hit all athletes equally. It wouldn’t give any an unfair advantages over another. Its not like one cohort would have been timing to peak in September.
Pat Hickey will NOT be wearing one of these!!
They had a similar tracking system for the London marathon. The athletes showed such focus to essentially do 5km laps.
Anyhow this all seems poorly executed. A different destination for this year should of been arranged.