Tokyo Olympic organizing committee sources revealed on 29th that the opening time of the postponed Tokyo Olympic Games is likely to be July 23, 2021.
Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, March 29 (Reporter Prince Jiang) Tokyo Olympic organizing committee sources revealed on the 29th that the opening time of the postponed Tokyo Olympic Games is likely to be July 23, 2021.
The Kyodo News Agency of Japan quoted this insider as saying that in order to make the schedule arrangement not change too much, the holding time of next year’s Olympic Games should be similar to the original holding time.
According to the introduction, the Tokyo Olympic Games originally opened on Friday, July 24, this year for 17 days. The closing time was Sunday, August 9. Since July 23, 2021 was Friday, it is more appropriate to set the opening date on this day, and the closing time is changed to August 8.
This person also said that the “special planning department” of Tokyo organizing committee for the Olympic Games considered several plans and also considered the possibility of holding in spring, but the benefits of holding in summer were also obvious: leave time for the new Crown epidemic to be delayed for too long.
Yoshiro Mori, chairman of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, said in a television interview the day before that the Tokyo Olympic Games could not be held in spring and should be held from June to September. He said he would reveal the final discussion results to everyone later next week.
The International Olympic Committee held a conference call with various international sports organizations on 26th. International Olympic Committee President Bach said at the meeting that he would decide the specific date of the Tokyo Olympic Games in the next month.
On March 24, in view of the current situation of the new coronavirus epidemic, the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee issued a joint statement, announcing that the Tokyo Olympic Games would be rescheduled after 2020, but not later than the date of the summer of 2021.