BREAKING: The 2020 ToykoOlympics have been postponed. 🏅
Woman poses for a photo next to the Olympic rings near the New National Stadium in Tokyo on March 23, 2020.Pushing things back. Although the 2020 Olympic Games have not been canceled, the event, originally set to take place in Tokyo, Japan, beginning July 24, has been postponed.The official website for the games posted a new statement on Monday, March 23.
“In light of this situation, Tokyo 2020 held an urgent video conference with IOC President Bach last night, during which we agreed to proceed with detailed discussions of different scenarios, including postponement of the Games, in full coordination with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the Government of Japan, relevant Japanese authorities, international sport federations and National Olympic Committees,” the press release read.
The IOC has not made a final decision on when the games will air and “cancellation of the Tokyo 2020 Games is not on the agenda” at this time.on Monday that the Games will likely be pushed to 2021, with the details to be worked out in the next four weeks. “It will come in stages,” he said. “We will postpone this and begin to deal with all the ramifications of moving this, which are immense.”
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