体坛英语资讯：Organizers of Tokyo Olympic Games adjust events schedule to beat summer heat
<p><span word="TOKYO">TOKYO</span>, <span word="Dec">Dec</span>. 5-- <span word="The">The</span> <span word="organizers">organizers</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> 2020 <span word="Tokyo">Tokyo</span> <span word="Olympic">Olympic</span> <span word="Games">Games</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="plan">plan</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="start">start</span> <span word="times">times</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="events">events</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reduce">reduce</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="risks">risks</span> <span word="posed">posed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Tokyo">Tokyo</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="summer">summer</span> <span word="heat">heat</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="decision">decision</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="deadly">deadly</span> <span word="heat">heat</span> <span word="wave">wave</span> <span word="hit">hit</span> <span word="Japan">Japan</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="July">July</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="raising">raising</span> <span word="concerns">concerns</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="risks">risks</span> <span word="posed">posed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="possible">possible</span> <span word="extreme">extreme</span> <span word="summer">summer</span> <span word="heat">heat</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="athletes">athletes</span>, <span word="spectators">spectators</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="workers">workers</span>.</p><p><span word="Yoshiro">Yoshiro</span> <span word="Mori">Mori</span>, <span word="president">president</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Tokyo">Tokyo</span> 2020, <span word="told">told</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="press">press</span> <span word="conference">conference</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="morning">morning</span> <span word="rugby">rugby</span> <span word="matches">matches</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="start">start</span> <span word="at">at</span> 9 <span word="a">a</span>.<span word="m">m</span>., 90 <span word="minutes">minutes</span> <span word="earlier">earlier</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="previously">previously</span> <span word="planned">planned</span>, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="mountain">mountain</span> <span word="bike">bike</span> <span word="events">events</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="pushed">pushed</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="hour">hour</span> <span word="later">later</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="start">start</span> <span word="at">at</span> 3 <span word="p">p</span>.<span word="m">m</span>..</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="organizers">organizers</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="considering">considering</span> <span word="moving">moving</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="start">start</span> <span word="times">times</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="marathon">marathon</span> <span word="and">and</span> 20-<span word="kilometer">kilometer</span> <span word="race">race</span> <span word="walk">walk</span> <span word="events">events</span> <span word="forward">forward</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="hour">hour</span> <span word="to">to</span> 6 <span word="a">a</span>.<span word="m">m</span>., <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="final">final</span> <span word="decision">decision</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="within">within</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="organizing">organizing</span> <span word="committee">committee</span> <span word="regards">regards</span> <span word="this">this</span> (<span word="the">the</span> <span word="heat">heat</span>) <span word="as">as</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="issues">issues</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="faces">faces</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="concerns">concerns</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="raised">raised</span>," <span word="Mori">Mori</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="quoted">quoted</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="saying">saying</span>.</p><p><span word="An">An</span> <span word="unusual">unusual</span> <span word="heat">heat</span> <span word="wave">wave</span> <span word="hit">hit</span> <span word="wide">wide</span> <span word="swathes">swathes</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Japan">Japan</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="July">July</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="saw">saw</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="record">record</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="temperature">temperature</span> <span word="of">of</span> 41.1 <span word="degrees">degrees</span> <span word="Celsius">Celsius</span> <span word="near">near</span> <span word="Tokyo">Tokyo</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="caused">caused</span> <span word="dozens">dozens</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="deaths">deaths</span>.</p>
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