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| 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be postponed |
| 2020-03-24 |
| [Japan Times] The International Olympic Committee has decided to postpone the 2020 Tokyo Games because of the coronavirus pandemic, IOC member Dick Pound said on Monday, as a window slowly began to open that would allow the showcase to be staged next year. Major sporting nations Australia and Canada had already withdrawn on Monday as organizers came under global pressure to postpone the event for the first time in its 124-year modern history. “On the basis of the information the IOC has, postponement has been decided,” Pound said in newspaper USA Today. “The parameters going forward have not been determined, but the Games are not going to start on July 24, that much I know.” Pound told Reuters that a one-year postponement looked like the best solution. This would mean the Games, which had been scheduled for July 24 to Aug. 9, are likely to be held in the summer of 2021. Japan and the IOC have said calling off the games entirely is not an option. But finding a new date could be complicated as the summer 2021 calendar is already crowded, while 2022 will see the soccer World Cup and the Beijing Winter Olympics. |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #3 Actually, I was looking forward to watching the trannies whoop up on the gals. Rapanoe: I won't stand for the national anthem. God: Granted. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-03-24 10:26 |
| #2 Not to mention the problem with Olympic village gathering. |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2020-03-24 08:30 |
| #1 No money to be made with no audience. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-03-24 08:16 |