What I'm Hearing: USA TODAY Sports' Christine Brennan spoke with IOC member Dick Pound, who said the 2020 Tokyo Games would be postponed due to the coronavirus. USA TODAY
For thousands of athletes around the world, it would have once been considered a nightmare scenario.
And on Tuesday, it finally became official.
In an unprecedented and unavoidable move, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters in Tokyo that he and International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach have agreed to postpone the 2020 Summer Olympics.
According to a tweet from the Japanese Prime Minister's Office, the two agreed that the Games will not be canceled and "will be held by the summer of 2021.