# What happens if Japan cancels the Olympics? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** olympic-sports-track\ **Created:** [May 27, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-japan-cancels-the-olympics/943038 "2021-05-27T14:24:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 58
**Author:** ![TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thegunismightierthanthepen/32/2981_2.png) [@TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheGunIsMightierThanThePen)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-japan-cancels-the-olympics/943038/58 "2021-05-28T21:22:20Z")
The biggest reason, IMO, would be what **Cervaise** stated in [this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-japan-olympic-games-do-we-really-need-to-have-them-this-summer/940061/2): > [@](#): > > The most compelling argument is that last minute schedule changes are disruptive and potentially dangerous for athletic training regimes. The best-in-the-world class of athlete competing in the Olympics is likely engaged in a multi-year program that is carefully and specifically designed to peak with their appearance in these particular games. If you introduce a one-year delay at this point (after already having delayed once), they have to rejigger their practice routine accordingly, which will impact their performance and possibly increase the risk of injury. Some will choose not to participate, or will be entirely unable, especially if they’re privately or sponsor funded and can’t manage yet another year of maintenance training. And so on. > > The point is, these are not just casual games played by the duffers in the corporate softball club that you can easily shift from one weekend to another. Major schedule changes will have major consequences for athlete participation and performance. Another reason, as I mentioned in that thread above, is that it would mess up the schedules of the 2022 world championships for all of the Olympics’ constituent sports. Lastly, the condos in the Olympic Village were sold to an assorted group of buyers who were supposed to move in after the Olympics were finished, but due to the postponement, they haven’t been able to move in as planned for almost a year now. I don’t know how much political pull they have, but I can’t imagine they’d be too happy if the government postponed it once more. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-2020-condo/buyers-of-olympic-village-condos-left-out-in-the-cold-after-delayed-games-idUSKBN2B203O](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-2020-condo/buyers-of-olympic-village-condos-left-out-in-the-cold-after-delayed-games-idUSKBN2B203O) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-japan-cancels-the-olympics/943038)._