03-23-2020, 10:33 PM
Tokyo 2020 Olympics postponed until 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be postponed by one year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound made this announcement. He confirmed the Games - due to start on Friday, July 24, and end on Sunday, August 9Â - will be held at a later date, most likely in 2021.
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The details over when the Games will be held are to be worked out over the next four weeks.
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Pound told USA Today: "On the basis of the information the IOC has, postponement has been decided.
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"The parameters going forward have not been determined, but the Games are not going to start on July 24, that much I know.
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"It will come in stages. We will postpone this and begin to deal with all the ramifications of moving this, which are immense."
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Asked about Pound's comments, an IOC spokesman said: "Well, as we announced yesterday, we are looking at scenarios."
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Olympic Committee chairman Thomas Bach said on Sunday that he has ruled out cancelling the Games altogether.
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The decision to postpone the Olympics comes after intense pressure from competing countries, with Australia and Canada pulling out before today's announcement.
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This is the first time the Olympics will ever been postponed.
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The 1916 Games were cancelled because of World War I and the 1940 and 1944 Olympics were called off due to World War II.
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There were boycotts for three straight Olympics from 1976 - but the event always went ahead as scheduled.
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be postponed by one year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound made this announcement. He confirmed the Games - due to start on Friday, July 24, and end on Sunday, August 9Â - will be held at a later date, most likely in 2021.
Â
The details over when the Games will be held are to be worked out over the next four weeks.
Â
Pound told USA Today: "On the basis of the information the IOC has, postponement has been decided.
Â
"The parameters going forward have not been determined, but the Games are not going to start on July 24, that much I know.
Â
"It will come in stages. We will postpone this and begin to deal with all the ramifications of moving this, which are immense."
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??????
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Asked about Pound's comments, an IOC spokesman said: "Well, as we announced yesterday, we are looking at scenarios."
Â
Olympic Committee chairman Thomas Bach said on Sunday that he has ruled out cancelling the Games altogether.
Â
The decision to postpone the Olympics comes after intense pressure from competing countries, with Australia and Canada pulling out before today's announcement.
Â
This is the first time the Olympics will ever been postponed.
Â
The 1916 Games were cancelled because of World War I and the 1940 and 1944 Olympics were called off due to World War II.
Â
There were boycotts for three straight Olympics from 1976 - but the event always went ahead as scheduled.