7月17日，东京奥组委公布了明年东京奥运会的全新比赛日程。
东京奥运会将于2021年7月23日至8月8日举行，为期17天，共设33个大项339个小项的比赛，涉及比赛场地达42个，具体比赛日程已经全部确定。东京奥组委在官方网站发文称，今年4月，考虑到赛程对各方准备工作产生的重大影响，东京2020奥组委、国际奥委会以及国际残奥委会一致同意2021年的奥运会、残奥会赛程原则上将与原定赛程保持一致。仅有几项运动的开始及结束时间因实际操作因素进行了调整，而各项赛事将在原定场馆举行。The postponed Tokyo Olympics will retain the same venues for the global universal sports event between July 23 and August 8 next year, announced the Tokyo 2020 organizers on Friday.The decision was released after the organizers finished an online meeting with the International Olympic Committee. This was definitely remarkable progress because one of the major obstacles for the Summer Olympics to happen next year was the venue problem. They were originally booked for use between July 23 and August 8 this year, and it would take tremendous effort to make sure that the same venues would still be available during the exact same period after a year.Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo Games organizing committee, reported the retaining plan to the IOC at the meeting."There is still work to be done. But we have arrived at a major milestone," said Hidemasa Nakamura, Tokyo 2020 games delivery officer before the IOC meeting. "Now athletes aiming to take part in the Tokyo Olympics can set concrete goals to work toward," said Koji Murofushi, Tokyo 2020 sports director.Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo Games organizing committee, attends a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, July 17, 2020. /VCG
339 events, the most in modern Olympic history, will happen in Tokyo. Most of the schedule remains unchanged but a few changes have been made for logistical reasons.The softball tournament will kick off two days earlier than the opening ceremony. The swimming contest will begin on July 24. Medal competitions of some popular events like the men's 100-meter sprint, football, basketball will all happen in August. The men's marathon will take place on August 8, one day after women's marathon.Customers who cannot attend the Olympics because of the postponement will receive ticket refunds, announced the organizers, but no further details were revealed.The next major task for Tokyo 2020 is to simplify the event to reduce costs and avoid infections. It won't be easy but Friday's announcement was a decent start.