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Latest News on Tokyo Olympics 2020 Coronavirus
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Mar 31, 2020
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Postponement of Games signals growing power shift from IOC to athletes
As the coronavirus pandemic swept the globe, sponsors and broadcasters with millions of dollars on the line stayed mostly silent about the timing of the Tokyo Olympics, scheduled to open in July. -
Mar 31, 2020
Tokyo Olympics 2020: IOC's athlete commission says announcement of new dates gives 'much-needed certainty'
In a statement, the IOC athletes commission, which also features India's lone individual Olympic gold-medallist Abhinav Bindra, lauded the announcement of new dates — 23 July to 8, August 2021 — within days of the event's postponement due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. -
Mar 30, 2020
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Only 479 days to go, Japan resets the clock on rescheduled Summer Games
On Monday, Tokyo Olympics organisers announced that the Games would run from 23 July to 8 August, 2021. -
Mar 30, 2020
Tokyo Olympics 2020: IOC advises all federations to stay rescheduling of qualifiers for 'fair access' to all athletes
Regarding the suspension of Olympic qualification events, IOC advised caution in scheduling any qualifiers until the situation arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic can be assessed properly -
Mar 30, 2020
Coronavirus Outbreak: Tokyo Olympics 2020 organisers agree to hold postponed Games from 23 July - 8 August in 2021
Tokyo Olympics will now be held between 23 July and 8 August, 2021 after a new date was agreed to by the organisers and the IOC. -
Mar 30, 2020
Coronavirus Outbreak: Tokyo Olympics 2020 opening ceremony must include a COVID-19 reference, says producer
Balich, an Italian with great experience in producing Olympic opening and closing ceremonies, said the Japanese had almost completed preparations for this year. -
Mar 29, 2020
Coronavirus Outbreak: Sport, on this occasion, had to take a back seat, says Sebastian Coe on Olympics being postponed
Former Olympic champion and organiser of the 2012 Games in London, Sebastian Coe supported the decision to push the Games back to 2021. -
Mar 28, 2020
Tokyo Olympics 2020: IOC chief Thomas Bach says qualified athletes will retain quotas despite postponement of Games
The IOC, led by Thomas Bach, and Japanese organisers postponed the 24 July — 9 August event earlier this week but confirmed that those among the 11,000 athletes set to compete in Tokyo who had already earned their spot would keep it -
Mar 27, 2020
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Canada's decision to withdraw was not made in consultation with IOC, says COC
Canada's Olympic and Paralympic bodies had said on Sunday they would not be sending athletes to Tokyo in July if the IOC decided to go ahead with the plans to stage Games this year amid the coronavirus outbreak. -
Mar 27, 2020
Tokyo Olympics 2020: With Games being postponed due to coronavirus pandemic, countless questions remain
With Tokyo Olympics 2020 being postponed due to coronavirus pandemic, countless questions remain
