SINGAPORE - In what is another feather to his cap, Singapore National Olympic Council vice-president Benedict Tan has been appointed to the Medical and Scientific Commission of the International Olympic Committee .
This is the first IOC appointment for Dr Tan, who also chairs World Sailing's Medical Commission and is Singapore's chef de mission for the contingent competing at next year's Tokyo Olympics. The sports physician is head of SingHealth Duke-NUS Sport and Exercise Medicine Centre and chief of sports medicine at Changi General Hospital.
With the Covid-19 pandemic wreaking havoc on the international sporting calendar in recent months, many professional sports leagues and events are on hold or have been cancelled, with the Tokyo Games organisers and IOC announcing in March that the 2020 event would be postponed by a year. When asked if the commission would work with the IOC and Games organisers on safety protocols for athletes, Dr Tan said that there is"close collaboration and engagement" between the medical bodies of the international sports federations, IOC, World Health Organisation and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee.
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