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‘All options on table’ over new date for Tokyo Games: BachLAUSANNE: Olympic chief Thomas Bach says “all options are on the table” over finding a new date to hold the postponed Tokyo Games.
Tokyo 2020 became the first Olympics in peacetime to be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
On Wednesday in a conference call, IOC president Bach said: “This is not restricted just to the summer months.
“All the options are on the table, before and including the summer of 2021.” World Athletics said Monday it was prepared to shift its world championships in 2021 in order to accommodate a rescheduled Games.
The world championships are due to be held in Eugene, Oregon on August 6-15 next year.