The International Olympic Committee has requested National Olympic Committees ensure arrivals and departures from the athletes village fit in with new rules designed to reduce the risk from the novel coronavirus, IOC President Thomas Bach said Monday.
Bach said after the IOC Executive Board meeting that athletes competing at next year's Tokyo Games will only be allowed into the Olympic village five days prior to their competition and that they are expected to depart within two days of their elimination or completion of event.
"We think that this is absolutely necessary because we need to reduce and minimize the number of residents in the Olympic village to minimize the risk of COVID exposure," Bach told a virtual news conference.