March 24. 2020

Due to the highly contagious coronavirus outbreak that is currently gripping the world, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has been postponed until the summer of 2021. Many world nations are in agreement with the decision that came down this week.

The New York Times reported, "the world’s largest sporting event, will take place in the summer of 2021, a change that will wreak havoc with sports schedules but should bring great relief to the athletes, organizers and health officials who had increasingly pressed that the coronavirus pandemic made it unsafe to go forward with the event."

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I.O.C. and Japan Agree to Postpone Tokyo Olympics

March 24, 2020 - Updated 9:54 a.m. ET - TOKYO — After months of internal discussions and mounting pressure from nations and athletes across the world, the International Olympic Committee will postpone the Summer Games that had been scheduled to begin in late July in Tokyo, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan said Tuesday.

Instead, the Games, the world’s largest sporting event, will take place in the summer of 2021, a change that will wreak havoc with sports schedules but should bring great relief to the athletes, organizers and health officials who had increasingly pressed that the coronavirus pandemic made it unsafe to go forward with the event...