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On 24 March 2020, due to the rapidly-spreading COVID-19 pandemic across Europe, Africa, and the Americas, the Summer Olympics were postponed to 2021, still to be held in Tokyo. [61] There was speculation that the Japanese government was suppressing the extent of the infection, to make sure that the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games would be held on ...
Adolf Hitler arriving at the opening ceremony of the controversial 1936 Berlin Games Jesse Owens on the podium after winning the long jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics In 1931, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) selected the German capital city Berlin as the host city of the 1936 Summer Olympics .
List of Olympic Games scandals, controversies and incidents * ... COVID-19 cases at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Paralympics;
Tokyo 2020 was beset by COVID chaos beforehand, and there were plenty of controversial moments during the Games as well.
However, in 1949, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to unrecognize the 1906 Games. [1] [2] The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo were postponed for the first time in the Olympics history to summer 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the 2022 Winter Olympics being held roughly six months later in Beijing which also hosted the ...
The International Olympic Committee’s decision to strip U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles of her floor exercise bronze medal is the sport’s highest-profile controversy since the 2000 Olympic Games in ...
2020 Summer Olympics cauldron; Chronological summary of the 2020 Summer Olympics; 2020 Summer Olympics closing ceremony; 2020 Summer Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers; Concerns and controversies at the 2020 Summer Olympics; COVID-19 cases at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Paralympics
A Summer Olympics that hoped to champion inclusivity — choosing “Games Wide Open” as its slogan — has become embroiled in loud, angry debates over who should and should not be allowed to ...