Tokyo's subway system is famed for its cleanliness and efficiency but also its carriage-busting crowds, and a crush of visitors for the 2020 Olympics could paralyse it, a new study has warned. A new study says Tokyo's subway system could suffer "fatal congestion" during the 2020 Olympics, with key lines paralysed by overcrowding. (Photo: AFP/Toru Yamanaka) Professor Azuma Taguchi of Tokyo's Chuo University used a mathematical model to predict the flow of passengers on a hypothetical day during the Summer Olympics, when some 1.3 million spectators might join eight million regular commuters in the greater Tokyo area. "Fatal congestion" could occur in stations nearest to the Games venues while major transfer stations and key lines could be paralysed by overcrowding. "We will see a 10-20 per cent increase in the number of passengers at major transfer stations as spectators join commuters," he told AFP. "Once traffic congestion occurs, that will create long queues that would then … [Read more...] about 2020 Olympics could paralyse Tokyo’s famed subway, study warns
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VN seeks 10 spots at Youth Olympic Games
Boxer Đỗ Hồng Ngọc. — Photo vothuat.vnViet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam strives to earn 10 tickets to the Youth Olympic Games 2018, the National Sports Administration has announced. The country now has five tickets to the event, according to the department. The female weightlifting team was awarded one slot to compete in the Games as they ranked 14th at the world junior weightlifting championship last April. Other ticket holders include Đỗ Hồng Ngọc, who won silver in the world junior boxing championship in India, and taekwondo martial artist Hồ Thị Kim Ngân. Gymnasts Phạm Như Phương, fifth in the top eight Asian female athletes, and Nguyễn Văn Khánh Phong, fourth among the eight leading Asian male athletes, also won tickets to the tournament. Badminton players Nguyễn Hải Đăng, 31st place globally in young players’ … [Read more...] about VN seeks 10 spots at Youth Olympic Games
No violent eSports at Olympics, says IOC chief
IOC chief Thomas Bach insisted Thursday (Apr 19) that violent computer games would never be part of the Olympics as he faces growing pressure to allow eSports into the Olympic movement. Violent computer games would be a 'red line' for the Olympics, says IOC chief Thomas Bach. (Photo: AFP/NICHOLAS YEO) Bach said it would be a "red line" for the International Olympic Committee that no computer game that encourages violence would be allowed. eSports have already been admitted as a medal sport for the 2022 Asian Games and the Paris committee organising the 2024 Olympics has not ruled including eSports in its events. Bach told reporters during a visit to India that while eSports involve physical activity, training and concentration comparable to some traditional sports the new billion-dollar boom industry must prove its values. "The IOC is a very rules-based organisation therefore in order to be recognised in a way by the Olympic movement it is not enough just to show physical … [Read more...] about No violent eSports at Olympics, says IOC chief
North Korea will take part in next two Olympics: IOC Chief Bach
North Korea will take part in the next two Olympic Games in Japan and China, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on Saturday after meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang. Bach travelled to Pyongyang on Thursday in a visit that comes after North Korea’s participation in the Pyeongchang Winter Games helped ease tensions over the Korean peninsula. Speaking to reporters at Beijing airport upon his return, Bach said North Korea will participate in the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo and the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. “This commitment was fully supported by the supreme leader of the DPRK in a very open and fruitful discussion I had with him yesterday,” Bach said, using the country’s formal name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. “The IOC will make a proposal for a potential joint march or potential other joint activities for Tokyo and then maybe also for Beijing at the appropriate time,” he added. The … [Read more...] about North Korea will take part in next two Olympics: IOC Chief Bach
Over 3,000 students join Olympic Run Day parade
Over 3,000 students join Olympic Run Day paradeHung Le Primary students in HCMC join an outdoor gymnastics parade in Nguyen Hue pedestrian square in response to the Olympic Run Day for Public Health 2018 - PHOTO: HUNG LE More than 3,000 school children from 67 primary schools in HCMC on Sunday morning joined an outdoor gymnastics parade in Nguyen Hue pedestrian square in downtown area in response to the Olympic Run Day for Public Health 2018. The parade is part of the “Active Vietnam” initiated by Nestlé’s Milo brand in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Training and Vietnam Sports Administration to improve the physical fitness among primary students nationwide. Ganesan Ampalavanar, managing director of Nestle Vietnam, said this was the first year that Nestle’s Milo brand had participated in the Olympic Run Day, with an aim to build a healthy and active lifestyle for younger Vietnamese generations. The Olympic Run Day has become one of … [Read more...] about Over 3,000 students join Olympic Run Day parade