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Current COVID plans aren’t enough to keep them safe
The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics is about nine weeks away. And yet many of the world’s athletes are not satisfied with the COVID-19 precautions organisers have planned.
Author Professor of International Health, Burnet Institute
The World Players Association has identified a number of measures the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has proposed it says fail to meet best practice standards.
For example, athletes are concerned they would have to share small, poorly ventilated rooms, and demanded a review and modification of ventilation systems.
The athletes were responding to the IOC’s second “playbook“, a guide for athletes and officials on how to have a “safe and successful Games”.
Japan is going through its fourth wave, testing rates are low and case numbers are climbing. Now athletes aren't happy with the IOC's plans to protect them.
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Athlete union research aims to improve child protection
GRAHAM DUNBAR, AP Sports Writer
May 11, 2021
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GENEVA (AP) A world-wide network of athletes’ unions published research Tuesday aimed at better protecting young people in sports following sexual abuse scandals in gymnastics and soccer.
About 300 international athletes, including some Olympians, shared their experiences of abuse and intimidation they suffered and witnessed as minors for the Census of Athlete Rights Experiences report.
The document, which details how government and sports bodies can help safeguard children, was presented at an online conference hosted by the World Players Association and National Basketball Players Association.
“We want real change and we want the cycle of abuse to stop,” said Andrea Florence, project coordinator for the Switzerland-based World Players, whose members represent professional athletes in more than 60 countries.