Coronavirus: Tokyo 2020 Olympics Could Be Postponed To End Of Year
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deadline.comBy Andreas Wiseman International Editor In a potentially seismic event postponement, Japan’s Olympic minister has said that the Tokyo 2020 Games could be moved from the summer until later in the year due to the coronavirus.
Speaking in Japan’s parliament, Seiko Hashimoto said Tokyo’s contract with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) “calls for the Games to be held within 2020…[this] could be interpreted as allowing a postponement.” The Games are due to be held from July 24 to August 9. “We are doing all we can to ensure that the Games go ahead as planned,” Hashimoto added in a BBC report.
IOC president Thomas Bach said last week that the organization is “fully committed” to hosting the event in the summer. Any change of date for the
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