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2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics Delayed Until 2021 Due to Coronavirus Outbreak

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Update 3/24/20: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has now confirmed that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be postponed until 2021, following a meeting with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach. "We agreed that a postponement would be the best way to ensure that the athletes are in peak condition when they compete and to guarantee the safety of the spectators," he told reporters, per The Guardian.

The IOC, in a joint statement with the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee, said that the Games "must be rescheduled to a date beyond 2020 but not later than summer 2021, to safeguard the health of the athletes, everybody involved in the Olympic Games, and the international community." Although the Olympics will now take place in 2021,

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