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Thomas Bach, the president of the IOC, with Kim Jong-un. North Korea resumed missile testing six months after the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Photograph: KCNA/EPA

International Olympic Committee has rare chance to live up to its hype

Thomas Bach’s Hallmark card philosophy of peace through sport is always trumped by reality but the IOC could deserve plaudits for once if a belated Tokyo Games gives the world a party

TTOC president Brian Lewis. - SUREASH CHOLAI

Lewis confident TT athletes can overcome challenges

THE INTERNATIONAL Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Tokyo 2020 organising committee confirmed the news that the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be rescheduled to a date beyond 2020, but not later than summer 2021, following a conference call on Tuesday.

LONG WAYS TO GO: In this flashback photo, T&T’s Felice Aisha Chow rows to the finish in the Women’s Single Sculls Repechage 1 at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Yesterday’s postponement sends Chow and all other T&T Tokyo 2020 aspirants back to another year of preparation for the world’s largest sporting event.

2021 OLYMPICS | COVID-19 postpones Tokyo Games

With yesterday’s announcement that the 2020 Olympic Games will be postponed, Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) president Brian Lewis is keen for the new dates to be disclosed.

Lewis supports IOC decision for 2021 Games

Tokyo Olympic Games will go on but not at its scheduled time which was July 24 due to COVID-19.

The Legal Complications of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Postponement

The International Olympic Committee has officially postponed the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics after coming to an agreement with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that the Games “must be rescheduled to a date beyond 2020 but not later than summer 2021, to safeguard the health of the athletes, everybody involved in the Olympic Games and the international community.”

JOINT STATEMENT FROM THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE AND THE TOKYO 2020 ORGANISING COMMITTEE

THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC), THOMAS BACH, AND THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, ABE SHINZO, HELD A CONFERENCE CALL THIS MORNING TO DISCUSS THE CONSTANTLY CHANGING ENVIRONMENT WITH REGARD TO COVID-19 AND THE OLYMPIC GAMES TOKYO 2020.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC), THOMAS BACH, AND THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, ABE SHINZO, HELD A CONFERENCE CALL THIS MORNING TO DISCUSS THE CONSTANTLY CHANGING ENVIRONMENT WITH REGARD TO COVID-19 AND THE OLYMPIC GAMES TOKYO 2020.

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