Katinka Hosszu, Alise Willoughby, and others react as 23 July–8 August 2021 are announced as the new dates for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

In 124 years, from their revival by Pierre de Coubertin until this week’s decision to postpone the Olympic Games in Tokyo from 2020 to 2021, the Olympic Games had never been postponed. But the 20th century’s two world wars led several editions to be cancelled. Let’s take a look at the Games that were caught in the upheavals of modern history.

IOC President Thomas Bach stressed, during a media teleconference on Wednesday, that in the face of an unprecedented challenge, the postponed Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will need the commitment of all the stakeholders involved to give the athletes the assurance that their Olympic dream can still come true.

The IOC President today spoke to the international news agencies during a media teleconference about the joint decision of the IOC and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee to postpone the Olympic Games.

Teddy Riner, Dina Asher Smith and Mary Kom lead reactions to decision to delay Games until 2021.

Today, the IOC President and the Prime Minister of Japan have concluded that the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo must be rescheduled to a date beyond 2020 but not later than summer 2021, to safeguard the health of the athletes, everybody involved in the Olympic Games and the international community.