The International Olympic Committee and the organizers of Tokyo 2020 have agreed that the Games begin on 2July 3, 2021, according to sources close to these organizations to the Japanese state chain NHK.
Both parties agreed on the new date in a telephone conversation in which the Central Government of Japan and the Tokyo Executive also participated.
The organizers have called for a press conference tonight to make this date official.
The option of playing the Olympic event as soon as possible was even raised, even in spring in the months of March and April.
With this decision, athletes will have one more year to prepare.
According to the AFP agency, athletes who were already classified for the Tokyo-2020 Games they will keep their place for 2021, after the postponement of the Games by Covid-19
About 57% of the 11.000 participants who were going to participate in the Tokyo Games that already had the classification will not lose it, and may be in Tokyo 2021