ROME – Despite some early differences of opinion, the 33 sports that make up the Summer Olympic program voted unanimously on Monday to delay the Tokyo Games by a full year.
Moments later, local organizers and the International Olympic Committee made it official. “We were the last to express our view.
We’re the ones who have problems with the calendar to deal with,” said Francesco Ricci Bitti, president of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF). “Two minutes after the end of our call, the press release was issued,” Ricci Bitti told The Associated Press in an interview.
IOC President Thomas Bach held three conference calls before giving the go-ahead to make official the July 23-Aug. 8 dates for 2021.