It's Official: The Tokyo Olympics Are Moving to the Summer of 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic strikes again. The Tokyo Olympics of 2020 has been rescheduled to the summer of 2021.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced the change on Monday, moving the event's opening date to July 23, 2021. To put this decision into perspective, this is the first rescheduled event in the history of the modern Olympics, though the games were canceled altogether in 1916, 1940, and 1944 due to the World Wars raging at the time. The Winter Olympics of 2002 took place in Salt Lake City, Utah, as scheduled, despite falling just five months after the September 11 terrorist attack.
The IOC also moved the Paralympic Games to start in August 2021. The Committee considered the health of its athletes, officials, and fans, and the new dates were chosen to minimize the impact on the established schedule of major sporting events next year.
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