On March 24, local time, the international Olympic committee (ioc) announced that given COVID - 19 infection number has increased dramatically, the international Olympic committee (ioc) needs to take measures in different situations, with Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, the Japanese government and the Tokyo metropolitan government after the discussion, complete the outbreak's assessment of the impact on Olympic Games, and decided to postpone the Tokyo Olympic Games held in the summer of 2021, extension after the name still "2020 Tokyo Olympic Games".

Earlier, international Olympic committee President Thomas Bach said in a letter to Olympic athletes around the world that protecting everyone's health and fully supporting the prevention and control of the epidemic is the highest priority.The 32nd summer Olympic Games were originally scheduled to be held in Tokyo from July 24 to August 9, 2020, with 11,000 athletes from 206 countries and refugee teams.