2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Emblem to be Withdrawn

2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic emblem have been decided to be withdrawn by the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee. The emblem was chosen from over hundreds of application from all over Japan. The design by Japanese art director Kenjiro Sano won the emblem at the end of July this year. 

However, Belgian designer and his lawyer of a Belgian theater has sued the Tokyo Olympic committee and the Japanese art director for stealing the own creation. The Belgian designed the logo for the theater based in Belgium initially back in 2013. 

Sano confessed he have taken two images from online without permission for his proposal submitted on last November but denied allegations of plagiarism of his logo when he was questioned by the committee on Tuesday.

He is expected to explain the details according to this issue. This kind of problem should never happen as it can lead to a poor image of the whole Olympic games in Tokyo. After this case of Sano copying the Belgian's design for the Tokyo Olympic, many of his previous works, designs and ideas are in suspect from being steeled too. 

There will be another issue which will have to be solved. Since the winning design is now banned from the International Olympic committee, a brand new emblem has to be created. The method of deciding a new emblem has to be decided as well.  

Olympic is the biggest sports competition in the world to decide the best athletes on this planet. It is only held every 4 years and athletes prepare for a long time just for this one-time event. It is a dream for many of the young athletes to be part of the competition. It might mean hope for some others. The competition is televised live and viewed by the most population of the worlds and sponsored by many companies. This kind of issue should never happen.

The blame is now on the Japanese art designer but what about the Tokyo Olympic Committee. A committee who is in charge of the decision making should be taking the responsibility too. They must have checked at least before prizing the logo and officially unveiling. We must keep our eyes on for the response from the Tokyo Olympic committee as well as the Japanese art director.