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Tokyo Olympics Sets New Dates For 2021 Following Coronavirus Postponement deadline.com

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The Tokyo Olympics will take place between July 23 – August 8 2021, following the postponement of this year’s event due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The same heat mitigation measures as planned for 2020 will be implemented.”The games will still be called Tokyo 2020 despite taking place in 2021.
The Paralympic Games, originally due to start on 25 August, 2020, will now take place between 24 August and 5 September, 2021.
The World Athletics Championships, originally set to take place between 6 August and 15 August 2021 in Oregon, will now be postponed until 2022.
Tokyo recorded its biggest daily increase on Sunday with 68 new cases, bringing the capital’s total to 430.