For the first time in history and despite a $ 12 billion investment by the Japanese government, the Olympic Games, which were scheduled to take place between July 24 and August 9, were postponed to the following summer following the spread of the world's corona virus • Pressure began when Australia and Canada announced that they would not send delegations to Tokyo

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Now official, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has been postponed and will not be held at its original deadline this summer, following the spread of the world's corona virus. The traditional games, which were scheduled to take place between July 24 and August 9, were postponed this summer despite a $ 12 billion investment by the Japanese government. In fact, this is the first time that the Olympics have been postponed and will not take place in a couple year despite being canceled three times throughout history (because of the World Wars).

It should be noted that pressure from the countries to change the dates of the games began when Canada and Australia announced that they did not intend to send their athletes to Tokyo, should the games go on schedule this summer. At the same time, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stated that "in the current situation, the world is not preparing for the Olympic Games in Tokyo in the coming months."

Earlier today, Abe hinted that the Olympic Games would be postponed to next summer. According to reports in the agencies, Abbe had a triple talk with Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koika and Olympic Committee Secretary Thomas Bach and hinted that the games would only come to fruition in 16 months. In the end, Bach agreed to accept the rejection and the official announcement was published.

Earlier this week, Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach announced that within four weeks a decision would be made to postpone the Olympic Games, considering a number of alternatives to postponing the games, when a key option proposed was to postpone them by the end of 2020, or to have them in summer 2021.

Veteran Olympic Committee member Dick Pound has already hinted at the USA TODAY Sports website that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will likely be postponed for 2021, with all details working on the committee in the coming month. "Obviously the Olympics won't start July 24 as planned, as far as I know."