BREAKING: Tokyo Olympics 2020 Cancels Another Event After Typhoon Warning

After a plethora of difficulties, the Tokyo Olympics 2020 has started. While it is a relief for athletes to compete after having waited for over a year, the weather has not been the best in Japan. Up until now, the athletes were facing extreme heat, but now, there is a prediction of a storm.

Unlike the unpredictable covid cases, Japan has predicted the weather. Tropical storm Nepartak is predicted to hit Tokyo on Tuesday. Due to this, the organizers had to shift the individual archery events.

Now, some of Tuesday’s individual archery elimination events will take place on 28th and 29th.

This will be the first time Archery sees a major change in schedule at the Olympics

Authorities have shifted the morning sessions of the archery individual elimination rounds to the afternoon. Whereas, the noon matches will now take place on Wednesday and Thursday.

Archery has been a constant part of mega-quadrennial games since 1972. However, there has never been a major change in schedule because of the weather. Before this, a minor delay of an hour took place at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the archery schedule.

Rowing events are also rescheduled at Tokyo Olympics 2020

The Typhoon prediction had already affected the rowing matches. Because of the storm, rowing events scheduled on Tuesday will take place on Wednesday and Thursday.

Japan and the Federation had taken this decision in advance, as Japan’s meteorological agency was able to foresee the Typhoon.

While Japan is preparing for the storm, there have been some other concerns as well. The worry is about the water quality after the storm, as sewage water could enter Tokyo Bay. This could affect the triathlon and marathon swimming events scheduled to be held in Tokyo Bay.

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Albeit, the authorities have addressed this issue and said they are well prepared. From triple-layer screens preventing inflow of e.coli bacteria, and generators to deal with rising water temperatures, everything is under control to ensure that the water quality is safe.