Tokyo Olympics will held next year
Tokyo Olympics will held next year
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Due to COVID-19, further dates have been agreed for the postponed Tokyo Olympics this year. In a meeting between the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), it was decided to hold these games from 23 July to 8 August next year. Earlier, the Tokyo Olympics were scheduled to be held from July 24 to August 9 this year. The IOC officially announced a new date for the Games. The IOC also announced a new date for the Paralympic Games to be held in Tokyo. The Paralympic Games will be held from 24 August to 5 September.

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IOC President Thomas Bach said in a letter to all the members, "This decision has been taken after the appeal and comments of you guys in the conference call on Thursday in which you said that the new dates for the Olympic Games should be announced as soon as possible. I hope you guys will welcome the move that due to many constraints we had to take this decision again without talking to you. " The IOC also made it clear that the remaining Olympic qualifiers will not be held until the preparation is guaranteed and the situation is not clear on the go.

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First postponed Olympics: Coronavirus, which is wreaking havoc all over the world, had also made the world's biggest sporting event a victim. On March 24, the IOC, the Government of Japan and the Organizing Committee decided to postpone the Olympic Games. Due to coronavirus around the world, sports events were postponed or canceled. Since then, there was increasing pressure on the IOC and Japan to postpone the Olympics. This is the first time in the history of more than 100 years of the Olympics when the games will not be held at its scheduled time. However, before this, the Olympics had to be canceled 3 times.

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