It's official ... the Tokyo Olympics have a new start date -- July 23, 2021.
The International Olympic Committee -- along with officials in Japan -- made the announcement together Monday morning ... deciding it was best to wait a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Officials say there were 3 major considerations that guided their decision:
1. To protect the health of the athletes and everyone involved, and to support the containment of the COVID-19 virus.3. The global international sports calendar. The IOC says the new dates give everyone"maximum time to deal with the constantly changing landscape and the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic."added,"With this announcement, I am confident that, working together with the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the Japanese Government and all our stakeholders, we can master this unprecedented challenge. Humankind currently finds itself in a dark tunnel.
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