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Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021

Tokyo The Tokyo Olympic Games will start on 23 July, 2021 and run to 8 August after being postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic. The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) executive board met on Monday to make the decision. The Olympics will still be called To

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Published 30 March 2020, 8:00 · Updated 21:42

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Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021

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The Tokyo Olympic Games will start on 23 July, 2021 and run to 8 August after being postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic. The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) executive board met on Monday to make the decision.

The Olympics will still be called Tokyo 2020 despite taking place in 2021. The Paralympic Games, originally due to start on 25 August, 2020, will now take place between 24 August and 5 September, 2021.

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