The IOC formed a refugee team for the first time at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016 and opened the way for refugee players living away from countries and regions born in conflict etc. It was.

These moves are highly appreciated internationally, and the IOC will form a refugee team again at a general meeting held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Tuesday, so that refugee players can be active at the Tokyo Games We unanimously decided that.

All expenses for refugee teams are supposed to be borne by the IOC, and there are already over 50 candidates in countries around the world.

Out of these, players who meet the criteria of entry and players close to the criteria are chosen and players are formed.

IOC's president Bach said, "Through refugee teams, I would like people in the world to understand the difficult situation of conflict areas and also to help the players who were forced their homeland I want you to think about it. "

The General Assembly also approved Calgary in Canada and Stockholm in Sweden for the Winter Olympics in 2026, and officially Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italy aiming to be held as official candidate cities, In June we will decide the venue at the general meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland.