Tokyo organisers eye July 2021 for delayed Olympics


With all options on the table, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike raises the idea of moving the Olympics to a less hot and humid time of the year. – EPA pic, March 29, 2020.

TOKYO Olympics organisers are eyeing next July as a start date for the postponed Games, Japanese media reported today, following the historic decision to delay the event due to the coronavirus.

Given the ongoing pandemic and need for preparation time, the most likely plan would be for the Games to begin on July 23, 2021, public broadcaster NHK said, citing sources within the organising panel.


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