April 11, 2020
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Earlier this month it was confirmed the Olympics would be held from July 23 to August 8 next year due to the coronavirus pandemic. But Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe this week announced much of…
March 27, 2020
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Per The Japan Times , the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will set the dates for the rescheduled Tokyo Games in about three weeks’ time. This is in line with the original four weeks that Thomas Bach requested to make a decision earlier this week, before his hand was forced by National Olympic Committees that began to unilaterally withdraw from the Games. According to the report, the Games may be held during the spring months rather than the summer months. Should this happen, it would reduce athletes’ exposure to Tokyo blazing heat during the summer months. Earlier this week, th ...
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IOC expected to announce dates of 2021 Olympics in April
March 24, 2020
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Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has just confirmed plans for a one-year delay to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games to summer 2021. Postponement of the Games is expected to be announced by the International Olympic Committee this afternoon after an Executive Board meeting. Prime Minister Abe proposed the shift to Tokyo 2021 in a conference call with Olympic bosses before their meeting, the agenda for which has been set by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the decisions of major stakeholders around the world, athletes to the fore, calling for postponement Olympic Popes Finish Last ...
March 24, 2020
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The Tokyo Olympics are to be postponed for one year after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee released a joint statement today confirming the news. The President of the IOC, Thomas Bach , and Japan’s Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe , reached the decision during a conference call this morning, declaring that a postponement rather than a cancellation was the best course of action. On Sunday, Bach announced that the IOC would take 4 weeks to evaluate options to proceed and make a plan for postponement or holding the Games as planned; however, in the ...
