General-secretary of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) Maxwell de Silva said that all work at the NOCSL has come to a virtual stop due to the current COVID19 pandemic.
“We have welcomed the decision taken by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and host nation Japan Olympic Committee for postponing the Games for 12 months. We have also advised our athletes to conduct their training and work outs at their premises as far as possible,” said De Silva.
“This outbreak is unprecedented and the unpredictable spread has seen the situation around the rest of the world deteriorating,” noted De Silva. He further said that the NOC has requested the Lankan athletes to focus on qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics after all the issues faced globally are under control. The Tokyo Olympic Games has been postponed to 2021 due to the current situation - the first such postponement in the Games' 124-year modern history.
The IOC took the decision last week after talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and local organisers ending weeks of speculation and uncertainty about the Summer Games initially scheduled to kickoff in July.
It was also agreed that the Olympic flame will stay in Japan and that the Games will keep the name Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020.
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