When is 2020 olympics decided

More information on previous cancellations of the Games can be found here. Comparisons are always dangerous as they can be interpreted in different ways.

To compare a postponement with a cancellation due to a World War would not be right, considering the losses and human suffering that a war brings with it. What we can say is that it is an unprecedented crisis for humankind, as we have never seen such a spread of a virus before, and an unprecedented challenge for the Olympic Games. It was a concerted conclusion with the full commitment of the Japanese government to host the Olympic Games Tokyo successfully in their complete form and to fulfil its responsibility.

The IOC has always taken into consideration the athletes' voice, which has played a very important role. The IOC President addressed the athletes in several letters. In this phone call, there was not a single voice asking for the cancellation of the Games. The questions revolved around the qualification system, the training conditions, mental health and other issues. We took all of this into consideration, plus the many voices of athletes that we heard from around the world who were not in this call.

Some were critical, and others were very supportive. This is normal in this very difficult situation of uncertainty. We all agree that the Olympic Games in Tokyo can stand as a beacon of hope to the world during these troubled times. Humankind currently finds itself in a dark tunnel.

These Olympic Games Tokyo and the Olympic flame can be a light at the end of this tunnel. Therefore, it was agreed that the Olympic flame will stay in Japan. Hosting the Games in is already very symbolic, and we hope the Olympic Games Tokyo will be a celebration of humankind. The Olympic Torch Relay will stop for now, but it has been agreed that the Olympic flame will stay in Japan. The Olympic Games Tokyo can be a light at the end of this tunnel. For any questions about the Olympic flame, please see here.

A cancellation of the Olympic Games would have destroyed the Olympic dream of 11, athletes from all National Olympic Committees, from the IOC Refugee Olympic Team, and for all the people who are supporting the athletes, including coaches, doctors, officials, training partners, friends and family.

It would also have destroyed the work and the enthusiasm of our great Japanese hosts, with Tokyo being the best-prepared city for the Games ever. Postponing the Games represents a big challenge. In the coming months and year, we will have to focus on the organisation of the Olympic Games Tokyo , of course, but also on the delivery of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing , which are approaching fast, and the Youth Olympic Games Dakar We will need to assess how this workload affects our staff and decide how to organise ourselves to be as efficient as possible in helping the Organising Committees deliver the Games.

All operational questions related to the programme of the Games, venues, accommodation, etc. Until this has happened, we will not be able to provide detailed answers. However, there is no doubt that the postponement of the Games will require sacrifices and compromises by all the stakeholders involved.

International Federations may have to adjust their sporting calendars, athletes will have to adapt to new event scheduling and living conditions during the Games, additional costs will be involved, etc. This is something that the Tokyo organisers are currently working on. They will provide this information to ticket-holders as soon as they have figured out the best way forward.

The best will be done to ensure that there is an Olympic Village in Tokyo , as this is where the heart of the Olympic Games is beating. It is our hope that we can have an Olympic Village in the traditional form, because everybody who has stayed in an Olympic Village knows that this is the real Olympic experience.

July 24, Exactly one year from the opening ceremony, the Tokyo medals are revealed. December 31, Cases of an unknown viral pneumonia in Wuhan, China, are first reported to the World Health Organization. March 12, The lighting ceremony of the Olympic flame takes place in Olympia, Greece. March 2, For athletes, the past year has been beset with uncertainty. March 25, The Tokyo Olympic torch relay begins. May 14, A petition calling for the cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics garners , signatures in nine days, reflecting the public opposition to the event as a fourth wave of Covid infections sweeps Japan.

July 8, Tokyo venues for the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics will not have spectators due to the city's coronavirus state of emergency through the Games, according to the Japanese Olympic Committee. When Doha in Qatar proposed hosting the games in October because it was too hot in July and August, the Olympic Broadcasting Services, which provides TV coverage for many events, and International Television and Marketing Services were critical of the idea in feedback published in an April Olympic working group report.

Discovery Communications, which acquired Eurosport in and spent 1. IOC spokesman Michael Noyelle said in an email that broadcasters provide their input during the development of the competition schedule after the Olympics dates have been set.

Most Summer Olympics have been held in July and August since , and organizers have had to cope with hot weather in several host cities. Exceptions to the dates are made. The Sydney games were held in the last two weeks of September to adjust to the Southern Hemisphere weather.

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