National committees will have final say on qualified athletes for Tokyo Games, the International Olympic Committee said
FILE PHOTO: The Olympic rings are pictured at dusk through a steel fence, at the waterfront area of the Odaiba Marine Park, after the postponing of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, due to the outbreak of coronavirus disease , in Tokyo, Japan March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
Those athletes, the IOC said, would keep their qualification but would need to be re-selected for next year by their National Olympic Committee again as they represented a nation and not themselves. McConnell said the IOC was also in talks with world soccer’s governing body FIFA to decide on the tournament next year, as only players aged under 23 are allowed to compete apart from a limited number of over-age players per team.“In several sports there are specific age regulations, minimum or maximum, for health safety or to provide an age group as in men’s football with under-23.
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