The 2020 Tokyo Olympics, one of the premier events on this year’s sports calendar, were supposed to kick off July 24.
Now, we know — officially — that will not happen.
Amid uncertainty related to the coronavirus pandemic, the International Olympic Committee and Japanese government officially moved Tuesday to postpone the Games — an unprecedented decision that will have complex, and far-reaching, ramifications for athletes, coaches, sponsors and the Japanese economy, among other key “stakeholders,” as IOC president Thomas Bach calls them.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s office said on social media that the Games will be held “by the summer of 2021.”
It will likely take weeks to sift through all of the ramifications of this change. But in the meantime, here’s a quick look at what a summer without the Olympics will mean for all of the parties involved.
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