The Games will start on July 23 next year,” said Coates, who heads the IOC’s Coordination Commission for the Tokyo Games. “Now very much these will be the Games that conquered Covid, the light at the end of the tunnel,” he said. In an historic decision, the 2020 Olympics were postponed because of the global march of the pandemic and they are now set to open on July 23, 2021. Japanese officials have made clear they would not delay the Games a second time beyond 2021. A recent poll found just one in four people in Japan wanted them to go ahead next year, with most backing either another postponement or a cancellation.

Source: Manila Times September 07, 2020 16:48 UTC