Canadian and Swedish team officials have asked organizers to push back the scheduled late-morning kickoff time for the women's soccer final to avoid the searing heat expected Friday at Tokyo's Olympic Stadium.
"The COC supports Canada Soccer's request to change the time of the women's soccer final," Canadian Olympic Committee chief sport officer Eric Myles said Wednesday in a statement. "It is in the best interest of the athletes."
Fredrik Madestam, the media officer for the Swedish women's national team, said Wednesday that the federation's delegation head confirmed the Swedish national committee had put in a request with the IOC to delay the start. "If we have to play at 11 o'clock in the morning, then we are prepared, but it would clearly be much better for the performance and the game to have the possibility to play it later," Lyfors said. "Canada have exactly the same opinion.""Canada Soccer is also in support of changing the kickoff time of the gold medal match at the Tokyo 2020 women's Olympic football tournament to ensure the health and safety of our players," it said.
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