Tokyo Olympics Postponed: What it Means for Athletes and Stakeholders (Newsclick Sports Special)

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games was postponed to 2021 by the International Olympic Committee on March 24.

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, originally scheduled for July 22 to August 9 of this year, is postponed to 2021 due to the global Coronavirus pandemic. The repecussions of the postponement are manifold -- from the direct impact to the Japanese economy, to indirect implications on global sport, as well as the toll it would take on athletes. Newclick Sports panelists Leslie Xavier, Arjun Pandit and Nikhil Naz discuss the larger implications of Tokyo 2020 in 2021.