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genevieve
03-14-2011, 04:06 AM
from Marroncream in the previous thread:



From Kyodo News
http://english.kyodonews.jp/
NEWS ADVISORY: World figure skating championships postponed: sources (12:32)

From HisWeirness:

More about postponement from patinaggio on twitter:

http://twitter.com/patinaggio/status/47145001532129280

Quote:
Postpone. Must be hard decision for JSF & 2011WC-OC. http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2011/03/14/kiji/K20110314000426490.html
Google translation of the article:
World Figure Skating Championships was scheduled to kick off at the National Yoyogi Stadium in Tokyo July 21, 14, be postponed due east of the earthquake, officials found the story. Also be announced Monday afternoon.

International Skating Union was exploring the possibility of opening just before 21, seems to emphasis the impact of the first nuclear power plant accident in Fukushima. The federation said in a statement released by the 13 "have come up with recommendations to avoid traveling to Japan in many countries" and had expressed concern.

Figure World Championships, there are cases of the tournament was canceled in 1961, killing all the aircraft crashed to the U.S. team headed to the venue in Prague.

Daisuke Takahashi in the men's World Championships (graduate Hiroshi Seki) and women's Mao Asada (中京大) has won the last, which hangs in the first two consecutive stress in Japan.
Jenna
03-14-2011, 04:07 AM
I think this is a good decision. Yet, the situation is still so vague. What does "postpone" even mean? There are still many questions that will be answered in the coming days.
missflick
03-14-2011, 04:08 AM
Direct link please?
barbk
03-14-2011, 04:11 AM
Oh dear -- hydrogen blast at one of the reactors. (Daiichi)

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/13/japan.nuclear.reactors/index.html?hpt=T1
HisWeirness
03-14-2011, 04:11 AM
Direct link please?
There is this:
http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2011/03/14/kiji/K20110314000426490.html

You have to scroll down on this page to see:
http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/

NEWS ADVISORY: World figure skating championships postponed: sources
yunasashafan
03-14-2011, 04:11 AM
Here is a link to another article:

http://www.47news.jp/news/flashnews/

The google translation seems to suggest a 3-week delay and the same location (Tokyo)

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.47news.jp%2Fnews%2Fflashnews%2F&act=url
MINAM
03-14-2011, 04:12 AM
Links don't work for me right now.

And I've done some searching and haven't come up with anything concrete.
HisWeirness
03-14-2011, 04:14 AM
The google translation seems to suggest a 3-week delay and the same location (Tokyo)

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.47news.jp%2Fnews%2Fflashnews%2F&act=url
Thanks. Here is what I saw translated:
Found that the World Figure Skating Championships is postponed for 21 days will be opening in Tokyo.

ETA:The above is a mistranslation by Google translate. :wall: ;)
yunasashafan
03-14-2011, 04:14 AM
Never mind .. HisWeirness beat me to it :)
MINAM
03-14-2011, 04:15 AM
I found it. Thanks.
genevieve
03-14-2011, 04:17 AM
sorry, links weren't working when I opened the thread. Should be fixed now.
barbk
03-14-2011, 04:19 AM
I hope that the ISU re-opens the period to name entries; a 21 day delay might make a difference for some skaters who are currently injured.
Cheylana
03-14-2011, 04:20 AM
I feel relieved that they are postponing Worlds so that everyone can take time to assess the situation and ensure safety of all. Still, I hope Tokyo gets to host the Worlds on whatever later date is selected.

Quite possibly a dumb question, but IF they move Worlds from Tokyo this year, could Toyko get to host it next year, with the ISU bumping the other hosts back another year? I thought when they canceled 1961 Worlds that Prague got to host it in 1962 instead (presumably with other hosts bumped back a year... or maybe they didn't select hosts too far ahead of time back then?).
seabm7
03-14-2011, 04:20 AM
Here is a link to another article:

http://www.47news.jp/news/flashnews/

The google translation seems to suggest a 3-week delay and the same location (Tokyo)

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.47news.jp%2Fnews%2Fflashnews%2F&act=url

I think the google translation is wrong. Though I do not know Japanese, I can understand some of the Chinese letters. What the article says is "the world championship, which was supposed to open on the 21st". It does not mean a 21-day delay.
yunasashafan
03-14-2011, 04:24 AM
I think the google translation is wrong. Though I do not know Japanese, I can understand some of the Chinese letters. What the article says is "the world championship, which was supposed to open on the 21st". It does not mean 21-days delay.

Thanks! I can't read Japanese at all. I guess we'll have to wait for the official ISU annoucement.

At least, I am relieved that it is a postponement not a cancellation. I think this is the fairest solution for both the Japanese people and the athletes. I do hope they still get to hold it in Tokyo.