Аннотация:For the first time in the history of the Olympic Games there was a situation for
which neither the organizers, nor the sponsors, nor the athletes, nor the
government of the host country of the Games were ready. The economic
damage from the coronavirus epidemic has already been estimated at trillions
of dollars, this damage has affected absolutely all areas, including the sports
industry. The postponed Olympics showed that, despite the existence of
numerous anti-crisis scenarios, the International Olympic Committee was not
ready for such challenge. In this article, the authors tried to analyze the
prevailing economic risks for the organizers of the most large-scale event in
the sports field, as well as to assess whether the abolition of the Games was
the only possible way to minimize damage.