More time for Olympic innovation
As late as mid-March, with countries around the world in lockdown, or preparing to ask their citizens to stay at home to slow the spread of Covid-19, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) insisted the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo would go ahead as planned. One week later, with the approval of the government of Japan and in the face of threats of withdrawal by Canada, Australia and Great Britain, it announced that Tokyo 2020 would be postponed. Soon afterwards, the IOC confirmed that the new dates will be July 23 to August 8, 2021.
At the time of the announcement, most of us had more important things on our minds, such as the health emergency and loss of life that was affecting almost every country in the world. Then there was the economic fall-out to face. The news about Tokyo 2020 (which remains the official name for the XXXII Olympiad) was far from unexpected. But, if you love sport, as the WSA team and readers do, it was impossible not to feel a touch of disappointment too.
