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M. skinner olympic games tokyo 20206/27/2023 "By taking this decision now, everyone involved in the Paralympic movement, including all Para-athletes, can fully focus on their own health and wellbeing and staying safe during this unprecedented and difficult time." It is essential, therefore, that all steps are taken to try to limit the spread of this disease. "Sport is not the most important thing right now, preserving human life is. He added: "The health and wellbeing of human life must always be our number-one priority and staging a sporting event of any kind during this pandemic is simply not possible. The Paralympics were due to start on 25 August but International Paralympic Committee president Andrew Parsons said the postponement was "the only logical option". The IOC had given itself a deadline of four weeks to consider delaying the Games but there had been mounting pressure from a host of Olympic committees and athletes demanding a quicker decision.Ĭanada became the first major country to withdraw from both events on Sunday, while USA Track and Field, athletics' US governing body, had also called for a postponement. The London Marathon has been moved from 26 April to 4 October.Golf's Masters and PGA Championship have both been postponed, with a decision yet to be made about September's Ryder Cup.All forms of professional tennis have been postponed until 7 June, ruling out the clay-court season, while the French Open - the year's second Grand Slam, has been rescheduled for September.County cricket in England and Wales will not be played before 28 May, while England's three-Test series against West Indies, due to start at The Oval on 4 June, is in doubt.The first eight grands prix of the Formula 1 season have been delayed, with the Monaco Grand Prix cancelled.In football, Euro 2020 was postponed and will be played in the summer of 2021, while the sport is suspended in the UK until 30 April at the earliest. In rugby union, the end of this year's Six Nations was postponed, with four outstanding fixtures to be rearranged in the men's tournament.While the Games is the biggest sporting event to be affected by the pandemic, there has been a huge impact on a host of other major tournaments and sports: The Inside Track podcast: Tokyo 2020 is postponed.
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