The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have been felt across spheres around the world and sports have been no exception. The biggest casualty, without a doubt, is the Summer Olympics that was to take place in Tokyo, Japan from July 24 to August 9, 2020.
With the coronavirus rearing its ugly head, the organizers had no other option but to postpone the event in March 2020 – due to marketing and branding reasons – but the 32nd edition of the Olympics, the first one to be postponed (there have been cancellations), is now scheduled from July 23 to August 8, 2021.
While questions linger as to how exactly the Games can be carried out in 2021, what with the growing number of COVID-19 cases and deaths, there is hope from the fact that most other sports have restarted in one way or another. The scale of the Tokyo Olympics and the global participation, however, throws it more challenges than any other. Only time will tell if our wish for Tokyo 2020 to be the “Games that conquered COVID” would come true…
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While Tokyo 2020 is the biggest event affected by the pandemic, it was certainly not the only one. Numerous other sporting events were either postponed or cancelled due to the virus. Among them are the T20 World Cup that has now been pushed to 2021 and the 2020 Wimbledon, which has been cancelled.
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