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| - The 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which would have opened on Friday, were postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, becoming the first in peacetime to suffer that fate. They are now scheduled to start on July 23, 2021 but the threat of the virus still threatens to force an unprecedented cancellation. To mark the anniversary, AFP will shortly move a series of stories: Oly-2020-2021-health-virus-questions,QandA TOKYO The delay of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics forced by the coronavirus pandemic means next year's Games will be smaller and simpler, but will that make them more sustainable? 750 words by Richard Carter. Picture. Video Oly-2020-2021-Japan-environment,FOCUS TOKYO The delay of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics forced by the coronavirus pandemic means next year's Games will be smaller and simpler, but will that make them more sustainable? 600 words by Etienne Balmer. File picture Oly-2020-2021-health-virus,FACTS TOKYO Tokyo 2020 organisers will this autumn begin the task of devising safety protocols to allow the Games to take place if the coronavirus pandemic is still raging, but it is not the first Olympics to face a health crisis. 500 words by Richard Carter. Picture. Video Oly-2020-2021-Swim-AUS-health-virus,INTERVIEW SYDNEY Australia's elite swimmers should now be in peak condition and eyeing Olympic medals but instead, like their rivals from other countries, they're treading water -- and wondering whether they'll get to compete in Tokyo at all. 750 words by Martin Parry. File picture
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