Covid-18 or extreme heat can be life threatening during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. All the athletes participating in the Games will have to mandatorily acknowledge this.
The clause has been incorporated in the Tokyo 2020 waivers about the potential life threat from the Covid-19 pandemic and extreme heat during the Games.
“I agree that I participate in the Games at my own risk and own responsibility, including any impact on my participation to and/or performance in the Games, serious bodily injury or even death raised by the potential exposure to health hazards such the transmission of COVID-19 and other infectious disease or extreme heat conditions while attending the Games,” reads the clause incorporated in the waivers.
Yahoo Sports, having accessed a copy of the waiver, has published the this excerpt.
The waiver at the last Rio de Janeiro 2016 Games did not have have this clause. The addition has reportedly become a contentious issue. The World Players Association (WPA) has called for the IOC to revoke waivers as a condition of participation at the Olympic Games.
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International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach was questioned about the waivers during an athletes’ forum this week. The answer had come from IOC Chief Operating Officer Lana Haddad.
“No Government or health authority can or has taken over guarantees against infections, this is a risk we all bear,” Haddad said. “The entry forms have been in place for previous Games and have been updated to include COVID-19.
“This is to provide transparency and ensures informed consent from the Games participants. The entry forms are consistent with standard practice of all other big event organisers.
“The forms are within the framework of the law, I may add. In general on the COVID-19 countermeasures, everyone whether they are vaccinated or not have to follow the same rules.”
IOC has been repeatedly assuring that the Games, to be staged without any spectators, will be “safe and secure”.
A state of emergency still prevails in Japan where over 3,500 Covid-19 cases were reported last week. The infection curve has though started flattening after a peak a fortnight ago.
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