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Ama-Olympics ka-2020 ayenzeka njengesimo esibi kangaka izikhulu eziningi zezokwelapha ezabikezelwa. Uzodinga ispredishithi se-Excel ukuze ulandelele wonke amacala e-Covid-19 asevele ekhungethe Imidlalo, okuhlanganisa nangaphakathi kwe-Olympic Village. UMongameli weKomidi Lama-Olimpiki Wamazwe Ngamazwe uThomas Bach kwesinye isikhathi uke akhathazeke kabuhlungu ngethuba lokuthi leli gciwane lingaphazamisa imidlalo noma lithelele abantu baseTokyo abasengcupheni. UDkt. Annie Sparrow, enanela umbono wochwepheshe abaningi abanganakwa, wafingqa Tweet: "Zonke izinkulumo futhi akukho senzo." Ngaphezu kwalokho, uSparrow wathi we-IOC: “Kuso sonke isikhathi bekulokhu kunganakwa isayensi.”
Lokhu “kungazi” kubeka izimpilo engcupheni hhayi kuphela ngaphakathi kwebhamuza lama-Olympic kodwa nangaphandle kwawo. Cishe amaphesenti angama-22 kuphela abantu baseJapan abagonywe ngokugcwele, ngokusho izibalo zikahulumeni. Ekupheleni komcimbi wokuvula iTokyo 2020, obekelwe i-7 AM ET ngoLwesihlanu, amanani e-Covid edolobheni elisingatha ayanda, okumaka igagasi lesihlanu we-coronavirus onayo i-spiked ngokuhlaselwa okuhlukile kwe-Delta edluliseka kakhulu. Lawa ma-Olympics awathandwa ngendlela emangalisayo kuyo yonke indawo enkulu yase-Tokyo, ehlanganisa abantu abayizigidi ezingu-37, futhi ngesizathu esihle kakhulu: Angaphela ngesibalo somzimba esingagwenywa ngokuphelele.
Khonamanjalo, ekuvimbeni izingcingo zokukhansela Imidlalo, u-Bach usekwenzile esetshenziswa Ama-Olympians njengezihlangu zabantu: “I-IOC, ayisoze yabalahla abasubathi, futhi ngokuhoxiswa, besiyolahlekelwa yisizukulwane sonke sabasubathi. Ngakho-ke, ukukhanselwa kwethu bekungeyona inketho. ” Kodwa-ke abasubathi abaningi sebevele "belahlekile" kule midlalo ngenxa yeCovid, okuhlanganisa nelungu leqembu le-US Gymnastics, isihlabani sethenisi uCoco Gauff, kanye nohlu lwabadlali be-basketball base-USA, okuhlanganisa nezihlabani uBradley Beal noZach Lavine. Ingasaphathwa eyokufa kwabantu okungase kuphumele eTokyo ngemva kokuthi “izivakashi” ezingu-80,000 zama-Olympics sezigodukile futhi i-confetti ishaneliwe.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, u-Bach avunyelwe ukuthi uma kukhulunywa nge-Covid, “Ngeke siphumelele ngamaphesenti ayi-100. Lokho kuzobe kubeka izinga eliphezulu kakhulu.” Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ushiye bobabili izikhulu zezokwelapha kanye nabahlinzeki bomqondo ojwayelekile benganakile lapho wafunga ukuthi kuzoba “nengozi” yokuthi umsubathi othole leli gciwane angalisabalalisa kwabanye e-Olympic Village noma kubantu baseJapan.
Bach ungeze, “Siyaqiniseka futhi ukuthi uma abantu baseJapane bezobona abasubathi baseJapane benza le Midlalo Yama-Olympic, ngethemba ukuthi isimo sengqondo singase sinciphe.” Ngamanye amazwi, abanye abantu kungase kudingeke badele impilo yabo—futhi mhlawumbe ngisho nokuphila kwabo—kodwa iMidlalo kufanele iqhubeke.
I-IOC iphikelela ukuthi likhona “ukuzobungaza abasubathi” nokuthi likhona UKUBEKA ABAGWEBI PHAMBILI. Kepha ukubamba ama-Olimpiki ngesikhathi sodlame lwezempilo lomhlaba wonke kubeka abasubathi ekugcineni. Njengopholi obhalise emqhudelwaneni wokuphindaphinda ngosuku lwe-Groundhog, i-IOC ithi ama-Olympics aseTokyo “iphephile futhi iphephile.” Tshela lokho abadlali bebhola baseNingizimu Afrika abahlolelwe i-coronavirus e-Olympic Village. Noma utshele lokho-kusukela kulokhu kubhalwa-abantu abangama-71 okungabasubathi noma abayingxenye yezithunywa zama-Olimpiki okutholwe ukuthi banaleli gciwane selokhu bathinta phansi.
I-IOC inesibopho esigcwele sokubeka izimpilo zama-Olympian engcupheni. Ikomiti lilodwa elinamandla okukhansela ama-Olympics, ngenxa yenkontileka yedolobha elizosingatha leli dolobha eyasayinwa yizikhulu zaseTokyo.
Bach wathi, "Okuzokwenza le Midlalo ibe ngumlando kangaka ukukhombisa ukuthi ingenzeka ngendlela ephephile nevikelekile, ngisho nangaphansi kwezimo zalolu bhubhane."
Ukusho lokhu akusho lutho kubantu bansuku zonke e-Japan kuwukubukela phansi okukhulu. USatoko Itani, uprofesa waseKansai University eJapan, utshele The Nation: “Bengikhathazeke kakhulu ngomonakalo la ma-Olympic asewulethile kakade emphakathini waseJapane. Bonke ubufakazi obukhona buveza ukuthi ngenxa yokuthi iJapan kwakuyizwe elizosingatha ama-Olympics, uhulumeni udlale phansi ubucayi balolu bhubhane futhi ngenxa yalokho wehluleka ukunqanda ukusabalala kwaleli gciwane lapho bekwazi. Lokhu sekuholele ekufeni kwabantu abaningi kakhulu. Manje, izakhamizi zaseJapan zibukele njengoba nsuku zonke kuvela amacala amasha e-Covid-19 abandakanya izivakashi ezihlobene nama-Olimpiki. Siyafakaza futhi ukuthi lokho okubizwa ngokuthi 'ibhamuza' lama-Olympic akusebenzi. Ngimangele. I-Tokyo 2020 isongela izimpilo lapha ngokusabalalisa leli gciwane nangokuncela izinsiza zomphakathi esizidinga kakhulu ukuze silulame kulo bhubhane nezinye izinhlekelele zemvelo ezenzeka njalo lapha. ”
Imidlalo yaseTokyo kufanele ibe yisixwayiso kubasubathi bama-Olympic yonke indawo. Le midlalo ayigcinanga nje ngokubeka obala ezinkingeni zama-Olympics ezikhona—ukusebenzisa imali ngokweqile, ukuxoshwa kwabantu abasebenzayo, ukulwa endaweni yomphakathi, nokuwashwa luhlaza—kodwa futhi igcizelela indawo engenazo izimiso zokuziphatha eyenziwa iqembu elibi eligijimayo labadlali bezemidlalo abaseduze. i-IOC kanye nenkohlakalo, kokubili esemthethweni nengekho emthethweni, eyenziwa yiqembu. Ekwenzeni le Midlalo, i-IOC ikhombise umhlaba ukuthi izimiso zokuziphatha kufanele zikalwe kuphela ngezingxenye ngesigidi.
Ngokuqondene noThomas Bach, u-Itani ubonisa umuzwa obanzi eJapane lapho ethi, “Abantu balapha baye bacasulwa ukuzidla nokunganaki kwakhe. Okucasula kakhulu ukuthi waya eHiroshima naseNagasaki ngaphandle kwesikhathi sokuvalelwa yedwa amasonto amabili naphezu kokuphikiswa kwakhe. hibakusha [abasinda emabhomu e-Atomic i-United States yawela eHiroshima naseNagasaki]. Abafuni ukuthi ulwazi lwabo lusetshenziswe 'ukugeza-ukuthula' ama-Olympics. Uma u-Bach enesithakazelo ngempela ekudaleni umhlaba onokuthula, kufanele aqale ngokulalela abantu. Ukuphoqelela intando yakhe kothile noma ukukhuluma engazi ukuthi kwenzekani ngempela kubantu kuphambene nokuthula.”
Kude “nokwenza ukuthula,” sinomcimbi ongase ube nesisakazo esikhulu esivakashelwa kubantu abaningi abangagonyiwe ngesikhathi sesimo esiphuthumayo se-Covid. Akusona isenzo sokuthula leso. Kuyisenzo sempi.
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