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Tokyo Games moved to 2021 as 'light at end of pandemic tunnel'
A woman wearing a protective face mask due to the outbreak of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) walks next to Omega clock in Tokyo, Japan on March 25, 2020. It was being used as a countdown clock for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Game, which have been postponed to 2021. PHOTO | REUTERS
The Tokyo Olympics were postponed on Tuesday to 2021, the first such delay in the Games’ 124-year modern history, as the coronavirus crisis wrecked the world’s last sporting showpiece still standing this year.
Though a huge blow to Japan, which has invested $12 billion in the run-up, the decision was a relief to thousands of athletes fretting over training with the world heading into lockdown to fight a disease that has killed over 16,500 people.
