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The 2020 Summer Olympics
23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan
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After a year's delay, the Opening Ceremony for Tokyo 2020 was given finally opened on 23 July 2021. Tennis star Naomi Osaka lights the Olympic cauldron | Tokyo Olympics | NBC Sports. You can see Olympic Schedule & Results
https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/all-sports/olympic-schedule.htm
You will be able to see the Olympic Medal Counts with the following links:
https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/all-sports/medal-standings.htm The 2020 Summer Olympics: branded as Tokyo 2020, is an ongoing international multi-sport event that is currently being held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events beginning on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 7 September 2013. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the event was postponed in March 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and is held largely behind closed doors with no public spectators permitted under the state of emergency. Despite being rescheduled for 2021, the event retains the Tokyo 2020 name for marketing and branding purposes. This is the first time that the Olympic Games have been postponed and rescheduled, rather than cancelled. The Summer Paralympics will be held between 24 August and 5 September 2021, 16 days after the completion of the Olympics.
The 2020 Games are the fourth Olympic Games to be held in Japan, following the Tokyo 1964 (Summer), Sapporo 1972 (Winter), and Nagano 1998 (Winter) games. Tokyo was to host the 1940 Summer Olympics but pulled out in 1938 due to war. Tokyo is the first city in Asia to hold the Summer Games twice. The 2020 Games are the second of three consecutive Olympics to be held in East Asia, following the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea and preceding the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China.
The 2020 Games sees the introduction of new competitions including 3x3 basketball, freestyle BMX and mixed events in a number of sports, and the return of madison cycling, baseball and softball. Under new IOC policies, which allow the host organizing committee to add new sports to the Olympic program to augment the permanent core events, these Games see karate, sport climbing, surfing, and skateboarding making their Olympic debuts
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Sources: White House, Yahoo, youtube, NBC sports, and Tokyo 2020, |
