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March 2020

New dates for Tokyo 2020 confirmed for 2021. The Summer Games will be celebrated from 23 July
OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES
30 March 2020

New dates for Tokyo 2020 confirmed for 2021. The Summer Games will be celebrated from 23 July

The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Government of Japan today agreed new dates for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, in 2021. The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will be celebrated from 23 July to 8 August 2021. They also agreed on new dates for the Paralympic Games, which will be celebrated from 24 August until 5 September 2021.The leaderships of the key parties came toget...
Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee
OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES
24 March 2020

Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee

They were joined by Mori Yoshiro, the President of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee; the Olympic Minister, Hashimoto Seiko; the Governor of Tokyo, Koike Yuriko; the Chair of the IOC Coordination Commission, John Coates; IOC Director General Christophe De Kepper; and the IOC Olympic Games Executive Director, Christophe Dubi. President Bach and Prime Minister Abe expressed their shared concern about the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, and what it is doing to people’s lives and the significant...
Olympic softball schedule announced for the Games
TOKYO 2020
12 March 2020

Olympic softball schedule announced for the Games

The sport of softball will kick off the Olympics with a special opener between the Australian Women's National Softball Team and home team Japan in Fukushima. The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) and the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) today revealed the official Olympic softball game schedule, which will open on 22 July at Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium and close with the gold medal game on 28...
FINA Taskforce, first meeting to consider the impact of the current situation
TOKYO 2020
12 March 2020

FINA Taskforce, first meeting to consider the impact of the current situation

Following the declaration of World Health Organisation that the current COVID-19 outbreak has now reached a worldwide pandemic status, the recently-created FINA Taskforce held its first meeting (by videoconference) to consider the impacts of the current situation with regard to the health of our athletes by assessing the risks of hosting forthcoming FINA competitions. A number of significant decisions were made to postpone or cancel events. FINA's overriding concern at this challe...
Lighting ceremony of the Olympic Flame: tomorrow is the big day in Greece
TOKYO 2020
11 March 2020

Lighting ceremony of the Olympic Flame: tomorrow is the big day in Greece

Tomorrow the Olympic flame will be lit near the Temple of Hera at the sacred site of Ancient Olympia in Greece.This marks the start of the Olympic Flame’s journey to Tokyo and the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games on 24 July 2020.With the slogan “Hope Lights Our Way”, the Olympic Torch Relay will undoubtedly have a special significance for all of us this year.The ceremony itself is largely symbolic and is used to connect the Games of Ancient Greece to the modern Olympics. As the name suggest...
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