So let's take a look by the numbers the summer of 2021.

That's when the 2020 Summer Olympics will now be held in Tokyo after Japanese officials in the International Olympic Committee announced today the Games would be postponed Some 11,000 athletes from more than 200 countries.

We're expected to compete in the Summer Games.

But the global pandemic halted training and would likely make travel in the coming months virtually impossible.

And after two nations, Canada and Australia announced that they would not send their athletes to Tokyo if the Games went on, followed by the U.

S swimming and track and field teams can't calling for postponement.

Writing on was on the wall for a delay.

The Olympics have not been postponed in recent years, but they were last canceled in 1944 as well as 1940 do tow World War two, with the 1940 games originally scheduled for Tokyo as well.

Japan has reportedly spent more than $12 billion to organize this year's Olympics, meaning postponing it will likely be a costly move, but hopefully the games will indeed go on next summer without hitch.

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