Tokyo 2020 to be rescheduled to no later than summer 2021

Record ID: 1465656

  • Title: Tokyo 2020 to be rescheduled to no later than summer 2021
  • Date: 24th March 2020
  • Summary: NEW HEADQUARTERS MAN TAKING PICTURE OF BUILDING NEW BUILDING JOGGERS PASS BY BUILDING
  • Embargoed: 7th April 2020 14:19
  • Keywords: Covid-19 Games postponement IOC International Olympic Committee Japan Shinzo Abe Thomas Bach Tokyo 2020 Olympics coronavirus
  • Location: INTERNET / TOKYO, JAPAN / LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND
  • City: INTERNET / TOKYO, JAPAN / LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND
  • Country: Various
  • Topics: Olympics,Sport
  • Reuters ID: LVA003C6EWWUF
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:The International Olympic Committee and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have concluded the Tokyo 2020 Olympics must be postponed, and held no later than the summer of 2021, the IOC and Tokyo 2020 organisers said on Tuesday (March 24).
    After a call with IOC president Thomas Bach, Abe said the July 24-Aug. 9 event would be rescheduled for the summer of 2021 at the latest, as proof of victory over the coronavirus.
    (Production: Tim Hart)
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