TOKYO: The 2020 Tokyo Olympics were postponed until 2021 on Tuesday, finishing a long time of speculation the games couldn’t proceed as planned due to the global coronavirus pandemic.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) settled on the choice in the wake of addressing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The IOC said the games would be held not later than summer of 2021 but rather they would in any case be known as the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
In the current conditions and dependent on the data gave by the WHO, IOC president Thomas Bach and the prime minister Japan have presumed that the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo must be rescheduled to a date past 2020 yet not later than summer 2021, to defend the health of the competitors, everyone engaged with the Olympic Games and the international network, the IOC said in an announcement.
Prior to the official announcement, Abe said Bach had concurred with his proposition for a one-year delay.
For now, the flame will be put away and shown in Fukushima, organizing committee’s president Yoshiro Mori said.
The IOC and Tokyo organizers said they trust the choice to delay will enable the world to recuperate from the pandemic.
The leaders agreed that the Olympic Games in Tokyo could remain as an encouraging sign to the world during these upset occasions and that the Olympic flame could turn into the promising finish to the present course of action in which the world finds itself at present, the IOC explanation said.
Hence, it was agreed that the Olympic fire would remain in Japan. It was additionally agreed that the Games would keep the name Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020.