Ahmed, Murad. “Tokyo Olympic Games Postponed until 2021.” Financial Times, Financial Times, 24 Mar. 2020, www.ft.com/content/d4d1535e-6dd0-11ea-89df-41bea055720b.Jiwani, Rory. “Athletes Join the Fight against COVID-19.” Olympic Channel – Sports, Athletes, Videos & More, Olympic Channel, 3 Apr. 2020, www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/news/detail/athletes-olympians-medics-nurses-fight-covid-19/“Olympic Sports – How Does Peak Age Vary? – The Stats Zone.” TheStatsZone.com, www.thestatszone.com/archive/olympic-sports-how-does-peak-age-vary-13812.Panja, Tariq. “Tokyo Olympics Organizers Considering July 2021 for Opening Ceremony.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 28 Mar. 2020, www.nytimes.com/2020/03/28/sports/olympics/coronavirus-olympics-postponed-2021.htm Talmazan, Yuliya. “New Dates Announced for Tokyo 2020 Olympics Postponed over Coronavirus Concerns.” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 30 Mar. 2020, www.nbcnews.com/news/world/new-dates-announced-tokyo-2020-olympics-postponed-over-coronavirus-concerns-n1171871.

Talmazan’s article informs the public about the postponement of this year’s 2020 Olympic summer games. This year’s summer Olympics were set to take place between July 24 and August 9th, however, the prime minister of Japan and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) agreed to a postponement as countries around the world continue to struggle with the covid19 pandemic. Talmazan’s article was last posted on March 30, 2020 and details the status of the games as of right now due to the covid19 pandemic. This article can be used as an objective point of view concerning how the covid19 virus is affecting the Olympic games directly. The article addresses the changes affecting the games and the timing as they have been postponed to the following year. However, the article focuses on only one of the subcategories of this topic, which excludes the countries involved and its athletes.

  1. Tokyo 2020. “Athletes Join Fight against Pandemic.” Tokyo 2020, Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, 27 Mar. 2020, www.tokyo2020.org/en/news/athletes-join-fight-against-pandemic.

Tokyo 2020. “Goodbyes Can Wait.” Tokyo 2020, Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, 2 Apr. 2020, www.tokyo2020.org/en/news/goodbyes-can-wait.