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“You must be the change, you want to EDIT see in the world.” MAHATMA GANDHI FRIDAY, MAY 28, 2021 03 TIMES NIE EDITORIAL POWERED BY STUDENTS THE REAL OLYMPIC GOLD OF THIS YEAR: POSTPONEMENT In this article, I would like to point out the problems with the Tokyo Olympics if it advances this year

teams is just not feasible and will pose Japanese government show the costs By Advait Joshi, big problems for the IOC and the Gov- are higher than officially stated and are class XI, Shri Ram ernment of Japan. The Indian Pre- at least $25 billion, making it the costli- WRITE TO US School – Aravali, mier League could not maintain a bio- est summer Olympics on record. bubble with just about 200 players and Gurugram. He likes the coaching staff and some breach- SEND YOUR REPLIES, Economics, and es were seen in the NBA bubble as Holding the Tokyo Olympics and CONTRIBUTIONS AND LETTERS has participated in well. The maintenance of a bio-bub- Paralympics without ble to house 10,000 plus people would spectators would result in TO THE EDITOR ON many MUN’s and be next to impossible. won awards Financially Illogical. Victor losses of up to ¥2.4 trillion in [email protected] Matheson, an economist states Japan. Gains from promotional [email protected] 2 that Tokyo will have to spend sporting post the event will also An insight into anywhere from $3 billion to $5 billion You can also post your articles, the Olympics just in anti-Covid-19 measures. They be reduced to ¥851.4 billion! will lose a further $1 billion in lost tick- paintings, sketches, debates, lympics is one of the et sales and $1 billion lost for the econ- biggest global specta- omy as fewer people would spend mon- Heavy Opposition. Over concerns and feedback on cles of the world! An 350,000 people have signed a event which is a true 3 ‘Cancel Olympics’ petition. A WWW.TOISTUDENT.COM reflection of a united poll conducted in Japan shows that world,O where arch rival countries, peo- nearly 60 per cent of the people don’t ple from different faiths and political want the Olympics to take place. Ten- beliefs compete against each other on nis Legend Roger Federer states that WE ARE WAITING sporting grounds and not at war fron- even he is in two minds about the tiers. It is a sporting extravaganza that game and wanted clarity about the celebrates progress and spirit of chal- advancement of the Olympics. lenging human limits. Unfortunately, Missed opportunity for the after waiting for 4 years, since the Rio fans. With the Olympics to pro- Olympics of 2016 that saw greats like 4 ceed with reduced attendance, Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt, the this will a missed opportunity for 2020 Tokyo Olympics was postponed By Advait Joshi, many sports fans. Due to the pan- due to the coronavirus pandemic. Post- ey at local hotels, restaurants, etc. Tokyo demic, many sport stars like Kidambi a 15-year-old boy studying in the OLYMPICS IN poned by a year, everyone was wait- said that Olympics would cost about Srikanth and Saina Nehwal might ing for the Olympics to finally take $7.5Shri billion Ram School-Aravali,when the IOC Gurugram. awarded the miss the Olympic berth. place in 2021. But the second wave of gamesHe is to in them 11th Grade in 2013 and but likes audits study- by the Covid-19 seems to have rocked the So, what is the solution? world, especially countries such as I believe the postponement of the India and Brazil. It now looks very dif- It’s not just Covid-19, there’s more.. Tokyo Olympics to 2022 and the NUMBERS ficult for the Olympics to take place. Paris Olympics to 2025 from 2024 will However,the International Olympic be the best possible way to make the Tokyo is the first city in Asia to host an Olympics twice Committee is determined to make sure Climate change could push est annual temperatures, which are Olympics a win-win situation for the event advances, which I think is a temperatures at the Tokyo soaring even higher this year. both the fans and the organisers. Number of competitors foolish move for the following reasons... Olympics to the ‘danger-zone'’ The organisers will also save mon- More than 11 thousand expected Covid-19 still exists. The on- for athletes, a report warns. “I think we’re certainly approach- ey in the maintenance and building going pandemic will make it dif- ing a danger-zone,” Great Britain of a bio-bubble. Number of countries 1 ficult for organisers to conduct Intense heat and high humidity rower and Olympic hopeful Melis- 205 expected – including 193 UN Member states, the games. It will be home to athletes could pose a serious risk to athletes sa Wilson told the study authors. 9 dependent states and participants from all around the at this year’s Tokyo Olympics, “It’s a horrible moment when You have an opinion on this? world, with some athletes coming from according to a news report. you see athletes cross the Please share with us at Sports making debut countries being heavily impacted by IN line, their bodies fling back Skateboarding, karate, surfing and sport climbing the second wave of Covid-19 variants. The report, published recently by “has increased by 2.86 in total exhaustion, and [email protected] This puts not just the athletes, but the British Association for Sus- degrees Celsius since OTHER then not rise up.” New disciplines everyone involved with the Olympics tainable Sport, details the concerns 1900, more than three You can also view this 3x3 basketball, freestyle BMX, and madison cycling at risk of catching the virus. of leading athletes and scientists times as fast as the NEWS Some events at the summer article on about the health impacts of soar- world’s average.” games have already been Returning this time – Baseball/softball The bio-bubble is a myth ing temperatures in Japan. moved away from Tokyo amid heat www.toistudent.com and The problem they would face in mak- The Olympics are due to run from concerns, including the marathon, post your comments Competitions venues – 33 venues in Tokyo ing, maintaining and protecting a bio- According to the report, the aver- July 23 to August 8 – a time when which will now take place in Sap- bubble of a size that can house more age annual temperature in Tokyo Japan usually experiences its high- poro that is cooler than Tokyo. there. Login now! Japan’s National Stadium will host the opening and than 10,000 athletes and the coaching closing ceremonies, apart from athletics (track and field) and football finals for women Return of Superstars PostponementPostponement isis thethe onlyonly wayway outout Gymnastics – Simone Biles Times NIE student reporters share their views on why postponing Olympics is the need of the hour Swimming – Katie Ledecky Track star – Sydney McLaughlin

No sense to host the games The situation is not in favour Lives lost cannot be gained back, Was postponed once, can be done While dozens of thousands of people Amidst Covid-19 , postponement of the way money can be again...isn’t it! continue to lose their the Tokyo Olympics is a The Japanese govern- Nations across the globe lives due to the raging favourable decision. The ment has clear reserva- are experiencing Covid-19 pandemic worldwide, it current situation does tions about postpone- waves and Tokyo is no makes absolutely no not favour a mega tour- ment because of the exception. The much- sense to host an Olympic nament to be held with heavy costs involved. awaited games have been event at Tokyo. The motto the same spirit – the However, no benefit out- postponed once and it can of the games, which im- absence of spectators weighs the well-being of be done so again. As plies worldwide sports- does affect the event. the citizens. Japan can Olympics is a con- manship and humanity, For sportspeople, too, recover from the finan- gregation of players from would be highly diregard- participating is a big cial setbacks and regain across the globe, this ed if the games are held in such difficult risk. Given all these factors, it makes its prestige, but lives and trust lost will interaction will lead to the spreading of circumstances. sense for the Games to be delayed. be impossible to regain. infection. To stay safe from Covid-19, postponement is the only way out. Harsh Kumar Agarwal, class XI, National Sanjuda Subramaniyan, class XI, Hina Naela, class XII, G D Goenka Public English School, Kolkata RD International School, Erode School, Lucknow Om Mistry, class XII, DPS, Ahmedabad

Tokyo is not in favour of Olympics Japan in 4th wave, postponement Safety of people is paramount Safety over excitement The Tokyo Olympics should be need of the hour It would be best to postpone the Tokyo With so much uncertainty caused by the postponed; the foremost Postponing the Tokyo Olympics, with the coronavirus outbreak, the reason being that the city Olympics is the need of the pandemic raging in Japan last thing anyone should has seen a spike in Covid- hour. As the world battles and the world. worry about is the 19 cases recently, and due the pandemic, and Japan Participating athletes Olympics. It’s important to this most athletes may continues to reel under the have not really been able but everyone’s safety takes not be able to participate fourth wave, public opinion to undergo effective precedence over excite- in the prestigious sports for the post-ponement of the training and many other ment. The motto of the event. 70% of Tokyo’s Tokyo Olympics is growing sportspersons will not be Olympics is ‘Citius, Altius, population is also not in louder.Conducting the event able to participate due to Fortius’, meaning ‘Faster, favour of hosting the in these circumstances will restrictions. So, what’s the Higher, Stronger’. If the Olympics. It will also prove to be a be unfair and will not do justice to the huge point in going ahead? If your answer is in Olympics are held this year and athletes financial burden. Best to avoid. amount of money being spent. the negative, simply means No Games. get infected, will they be ‘stronger’? Anahita Jain, class VIII, Suncity School, Uel Jose, class X, Gregorian Public School, Anagha B Poojari, class X, MES Kishore Brinda Thamman, class X, St Kabir Public Simone Biles Gurugram Ernakulam Kendra Public School, Bengaluru School, Chandigarh Number of events: 339 representing NO, OLYMPICS SHOULD BE ON EXPERTS’ QUOTES 33 different sports Full list of sports and the number of events within each Too much at stake Unfair to the athletes Prime focus should be vaccination, Postpone to give vaccination time sport are given below The Olympics should not The Olympics is a mas- not games Yes, the Olympics should be postponed as be postponed as a lot is at sive event. Japan can go The games should be postponed we’ve seen how difficult it is to Aquatics (49) | Archery (5) | Athletics (48) | stake including the time ahead with conducting because even in the most opti- control the spread of the and effort put in so far by the games on schedule mistic scenario, Japan and virus. Even if the games Badminton (5) | Baseball/Softball (2) | Basketball (4) the athletes. I am confi- with only athletes and the rest of the countries in are postponed by six Boxing (13) | Canoeing (16) | Cycling (22) | Equestrian dent that the Japanese other essential person- the world will not be fully months or three months, (6) | Fencing (12) | Field Hockey (2) | Football (2) | government will try to nel. This will reduce the vaccinated by the end of the vaccination drive Golf (2) | Gymnastics (18) | Handball (2) | Judo (15) | keep the games on sched- risk of Covid-19. Athletes June. The prime focus this might be faring better ule. If it is unsafe, they train for years and post- year should be getting the and we may gain control Karate (8) | Pentathlon (2) | Rowing (14) | Rugby (2) | will have to conduct the poning may be unfair. vaccination programs going, on the pandemic. Let’s wait Sailing (10) | Shooting (15) | Skateboarding (4) | games without spectators. with many virus variants still and focus on vaccination. Sport Climbing (2) | Surfing (2) | Table Tennis (5) | O Annie Sharmine, class VIII, RMK Senior Aarya Bhanushali, class X, SVDD English around and infecting people. Sumit Kamble, sports coach, SVDD English Taekwondo (8) | Tennis (5) | Triathlon (3) | Secondary School Medium Secondary High School, Mumbai Muthumalai Natrajan, athletic trainer, Chennai Medium Secondary High School, Mumbai Volleyball (4) | Weightlifting (14) | Wrestling (18) Villarreal players celebrate with the trophy after winning the Europa League Pool Photo: REUTERS Villarreal defeated Manchester United 11-10 on penalties to win their first major trophy after a 1-1 draw in the Europa League final as goalkeeper missed the decisive spot-kick in a remarkable shootout

United stays trophyless a damp and chilly night on the Baltic coast. Car- Tominay watched his shot deflected over Rulli saves the day los Bacca’s clever rabona cross created an op- This season, we have not worked on before Mason Greenwood burst into the ■ gave Villarreal the lead 29 min- portunity for Pau Torres, the centre-back linked penalties in training but the players area and sent in a fizzing cross that Raul ■ It was the Uruguayan’s sixth of the com- utes into the Spanish club’s first European final, with a summer move to United, while Marcus Albiol nearly diverted into his own net. petition this season, all coming in his past four but Edinson Cavani equalised early in the second Rashford tested Geronimo Rulli with a dipping have been fabulous. It’s amazing and Another Parejo set-piece caused panic matches, and one that handed United the mo- half before ’s team prevailed on spot- effort from distance.Yeremy Pino, who at 18 years wonderful that in the United box right after half-time, mentum. drilled wide as Cavani kicks, extending United’s four-year trophy drought. and 218 days broke ’ record as the crossing back towards tried in vain to readjust with the ball flashing by, Eric Bailly replaced the injured Harry Maguire youngest Spanish player to start a major Euro- everyone has scored. goal before the ball was scrambled clear and the striker then headed straight at Torres in central defence, with the United captain sur- pean final, scuffed wide on the counter, but Vil- It is a source of pride with Moreno and lurk- from Shaw’s miscued shot. United continued to prisingly named among the substitutes despite larreal were soon ahead. for Villarreal, the ing dangerously. dominate possession as Villarreal soaked up the suffering ankle ligament damage two weeks ago. was perhaps fortunate no further pressure, but the Spaniards remained a threat as De Gea started ahead of Dean Henderson in goal, president, the project. action was taken when he appeared Torres curled over at the end of normal time. Al- while Paul Pogba took up a more orthodox mid- Panic in the United box The secret is work. The to catch Greenwood in the Villar- berto Moreno slashed wide as United began to tire, field role as Fred was only deemed fit enough for real area, although United benefit- prompting Solskjaer to make his first change af- a spot on the bench. ■ swung in a free-kick from the players showed a great ted from a slice of luck to level. A ter 100 minutes as Fred replaced Greenwood. left and Moreno peeled away from Luke Shaw mentality throughout the headed clearance at a corner Weariness and a raft of substitutions slowed the and Victor Lindelof, steering beyond De Gea dropped to Rashford, whose tempo in the closing stages as the rain intensified Both sides had a slow start as the Swede desperately tugged at his shirt. competition and in the final. dragged volley ricocheted with penalties almost inevitable.The first 21 penal- Moreno’s 82nd goal for Villarreal equalled the UNAI EMERY, into the path of Cavani to ties were successfully converted before De Gea ■ An early collision between and club record of former Manchester United for- stab home with Rulli unable had his attempt palmed away by Rulli as United Pogba left the former Tottenham defender blood- ward Giuseppe Rossi. But it also sparked a re- coach, Villarreal CF to recover after anticipat- lost for the sixth time in seven shootouts, giving ied but both sides were slow to click into gear on action from United, as a battling Scott Mc- ing the initial shot. Emery a record fourth Europa League crown. AFP ZIDANE RESIGNS AS REAL COACH Photo:REUTERS inedine Zidane has resigned as Real Madrid manager Z with immediate effect, ac- cording to media reports, just days after the club were beaten to the title by Atletico Madrid. The Frenchman’s reported depar- With 13 French Open titles and a tantalising prospect of increasing his Grand Slam ture comes at the end of a disap- pointing campaign for the 13- haul to 21, Rafael Nadal is set to become the most successful player in men’s tennis time European champions, who also lost to Chelsea in the Champions League semifi- he Mallorcan will turn 35 dur- Defeated on red dirt - a rare sight last October despite hardly playing any nals as they failed to win a tro- phy for the first time in 11 sea- ing the tournament but shows Those searching for weaknesses in Nadal’s matches in the run-up due to coronavirus. sons. Italian football journal- little sign of slowing down. By armour could take heart from the While other players complained of the un- ist Fabrizio Romano broke what triumphing in Barcelona and Spaniard’s losses to Rublev and Zverev as familiar autumn conditions in the French he called “exclusive” news in a T Rome for a 12th and 10th time well as the fact he recently dropped sets capital, Nadal stormed his way to the fi- tweet which was picked up by respectively, he won two of the four tour- on clay against Denis Shapovalov and Kei nal before thrashing Djokovic 6-0 6-2 7-5 . Spanish sports outlets including naments he had entered in the run-up to Nishikori. Nadal being outclassed 6-1 on Nadal said he had a “complete” tourna- Madrid sports dailies and the clay-court major. Andrey Rublev and red dirt is also a rare sight, as was the case ment in Rome and was in optimal shape AS, and the radio station Cadena Alexander Zverev may have comfortably in the second set of the Rome final against for the looming trip to Paris, which he Ser. An official announcement of beaten Nadal in Monte Carlo and Madrid Novak Djokovic. But he has a habit of tru- called “the most important place in my his departure, said Romano, would Nadal pose with respectively but as anyone who has en- ly coming into his own at Roland Garros, career”. “I’ll be working on things that I be made “in the next hours/days”. his trophy at countered Nadal at Roland Garros knows, as his 100-2 win-loss record testifies. need to improve and I also need to relax Only ten days ago Zidane, who the Italian beating the Spaniard in a best-of-five-set He shrugged off injury problems on on a mental level,” he said. “Winning al- has a contract with Real Madrid un- Open tennis clay court match is the ultimate challenge his way to victory in 2019 and also blast- ways gives you a boost and it’s evidently til 2022, denied media speculation tournament in tennis. Since his debut Paris appear- ed his way to the 2020 title without drop- better to arrive at Roland Garros with this that he had already told his players ance in 2005, it has happened only twice. ping a set in the rescheduled tournament trophy in my arms.” AFP that he would be leaving at the end of the season. AFP Photo: AP

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