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IOC officially approved new dates for the Olympics

03/30/2020

The Olympic Games in Tokyo will be held from July 23 to August 8, 2021. About it announced the chairman of the organizing committee of the Games Yoshiro Mori.

Paralympic Games will be held from August 24 to September 5.

Recall that the Olympics in Tokyo this year were postponed due to the threat of the spread of coronavirus infection. Last week, the president of the IOC Thomas bach I discussed the issue by phone with the committee members. As noted, all speakers supported the decision to postpone the Games and noted the importance of being adopted jointly with the Japanese government.

Note that the Olympic flame was already delivered to Tokyo from Greece on March 20. Until next year, he will remain in Japan.

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