2020 Olympics Postponed Until Summer 2021March 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...
https://www.nytimes.com