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Organizing Committee President Says Spring 2021 Not Likely for Tokyo Olympics

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The International Olympics Committee postponed the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo to a date no later than summer 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As for when the Games will take place, Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee president Yoshiro Mori said that a spring 2021 Olympics were unlikely.

"I want to offer some conclusions by the end of next week after we've mulled it over," Mori said on Nippon TV (h/t Scott Gleeson of USA Today).

"The Games are meant to be in summer,so we should be thinking of a time between June and September.