Tokyo Olympics announces new start date following coronavirus postponement soranews24.com

Tokyo’s governor hopes having firm start date will allow athletes and organizers to better focus on preparing for the delayed Games.
Up until the middle of March, organizers for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics said the Games would be going on as planned, sticking to the scheduled opening date of July 24.
On Monday, Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee president Yoshiro Mori, Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike, Minister for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Seiko Hashimoto, and IOC president Thomas Bach jointly decided that the Tokyo Olympics will now open on July 23, 2021, a full 364 days later than originally planned.
In a statement posted to the Tokyo Games official website, organizers say they had three major factors in mind when selecting the new dates.
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