The president of the Japanese Olympic Committee talks about the arrest of the former head of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee: damage the sports image

BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) — According to the Kyodo News Agency of Japan, the chairman of the Japanese Olympic Committee Yamashita Taiyu recently talked about the case of malfeasance related to the Tokyo Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, the former mayor of the Olympic organizing committee’s “conference operation bureau”, Sen Taifu and others, were arrested, it said that “the image of sports and Olympics is damaged again.”

Regarding the promotion of the bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics in Sapporo City, Yamashita believes that “the situation has become more and more severe”. In order to prevent similar situations from happening again, the Japanese Olympic Committee and the sports department have summarized the draft operation guidelines for large-scale events in the future. Yamashita said, “I think it is necessary to restore trust step by step based on the draft pointer.” (Finished)