The International Olympic Committee has confirmed the postponement of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games until the summer of 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had earlier Tuesday revealed that he and the head of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach have agreed on the idea of delaying the Tokyo Olympics by about one year.

This afternoon the IOC released a statement confirming the postponement until not later than summer of 2021. "In the present circumstances and based on the information provided by the WHO today, the IOC President and the Prime Minister of Japan have concluded that the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo must be rescheduled to a date beyond 2020 but not later than summer

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