New dates for Olympics will come within a month
IOC working to arrange a July-August 2021 schedule for postponed Games
26 March 2020 - 16:06
Tokyo/Melbourne — The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is working with sports bodies to arrange a July-August window for the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and hopes to confirm the schedule within a month, Japan’s Yomiuri newspaper reported on Thursday.
John Coates, the IOC’s co-ordination commission chief for Tokyo, told the Yomiuri the Games would have to be held between the tennis grand slams of Wimbledon, slated to end in mid-July, and the US Open, which starts in late August...
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