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Tokyo Olympics to Start on July Next Year

30 March 2020 Printable Version
Lausanne - The postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will take place from 23 July to 8 August 2021, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced Monday in a release.

The Paralympic Games will be celebrated from 24 August to 5 September 2021, they said.

This decision was taken to protect the health of the athletes and everyone involved, and to support the containment of the COVID-19 virus and to safeguard the interests of the athletes and of Olympic sport and the global international sports calendar, the source pointed out.

These new dates give the health authorities and all involved in the organisation of the Games the maximum time to deal with the constantly changing landscape and the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it added.

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