Tokyo Stadium, photo by Japan Sport Council (copyright)

This is the statement from World Athletics on the change of dates of the Olympic games.

World Athletics statement on 2021 dates for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

La traduction franÃ§aise suit le texte anglais

The IOC, IPC, Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced that the postponed 2020 Games will take place from 23 July to 8 August 2021.

We support the new 2021 dates for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games announced today by the Japanese organisers and the IOC. This gives our athletes the time they need to get back into training and competition.

Everyone needs to be flexible and compromise and to that end we are now working with the organisers of the World Athletics Championships in Oregon on new dates in 2022 for our World Athletics Championships. We are also in discussions with the Commonwealth Games Federation and the European Championships. We would like to thank our Oregon 21 Organising Committee, their stakeholders and our partners for their collaboration and willingness to explore all options.

World Athletics

Declaration de World Athletics sur les dates en 2021 des Jeux Olympiques de Tokyo 2020

Â« Nous soutenons les nouvelles dates en 2021 annoncÃ©es aujourd’hui par les organisateurs japonais et le CIO pour la tenue des Jeux olympiques de Tokyo. Elles donnent Ã nos athlÃ¨tes le temps nÃ©cessaire pour reprendre l’entraÃ®nement et la compÃ©tition.Â»

Â« Il nous faut tous faire preuve de flexibilitÃ© et de compromis. Ã€ cette fin, nous travaillons actuellement avec les organisateurs des Championnats du monde d’athlÃ©tisme en Oregon pour fixer de nouvelles dates en 2022 pour la tenue de cet Ã©vÃ©nement. Nous sommes Ã©galement en pourparlers avec la FÃ©dÃ©ration des Jeux du Commonwealth et les organisateurs des Championnats sportifs europÃ©ens. Nous tenons Ã remercier le ComitÃ© d’organisation Oregon 21, ses parties prenantes et nos partenaires pour leur collaboration et leur volontÃ© d’explorer toutes les options. Â»

World Athletics

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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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