THE 2020 OLYMPICS WILL NOT TAKE PLACE

After a lot of speculation, the IOC (International Olympic Committee) has announced that the Olympics 2020 has been postponed for the first time ever. The Tokyo games will if all goes to plan, take place during the 2021 summer instead. So in other words, 2021 is the new 2020.

Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, and IOC president, Thomas Bach, came to a 100% agreement over postponing the games on Tuesday this week. The current Corona outbreak puts the health of the 10.000 athletes and all involved at risk. So to play it safe Tokyo will see 2021 Olympic games rather than a 2020 edition.

The games being postponed are about as rare as positive opinions on skating in the Olympics. But this isn’t the first time Tokyo has its Olympic Games canceled or postponed. In 1940 the Tokyo Olympics were canceled due to war. Something that had only happened once before in 1916. The 1944 edition was also canceled due to the outbreak of WW2.

With $12.6 billion invested the Japanese probably aren’t overly hyped right now. But as a wise man by the name of Donald Trump once said, “The Olympics 2020 should be postponed”.