Amid the dangerous health ramifications currently happening across the world, Canada and Australia have both pulled out of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Coronavirus: Tokyo 2020 Olympics Could Be Postponed To End Of Year
03.03.2020 - 18:31 / deadline.com
By Andreas Wiseman
International Editor
In a potentially seismic event postponement, Japan’s Olympic minister has said that the Tokyo 2020 Games could be moved from the summer until later in the year due to the coronavirus.
Speaking in Japan’s parliament, Seiko Hashimoto said Tokyo’s contract with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) “calls for the Games to be held within 2020…[this] could be interpreted as allowing a postponement.”
The Games are due to be held from July 24 to August 9.
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