It's 2021 or bust for the Tokyo Olympics ... this according to the IOC president who says they simply cant afford to push the Games any further.
"You cannot forever employ 3,000 to 5,000 people in an organising committee," Bach told BBC Sport ... "You cannot have the athletes being in uncertainty."
Of course, the Olympics were initially scheduled for 2020 -- but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Olympic Committee agreed to postpone to Summer 2021.
It's the first time in modern history the Olympics have been postponed.
But now, IOC President Thomas Bach says there's a limit to how far they can push the event .