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    New Olympic Dates Announced

    IOC and Tokyo Olympic organizers said Monday that the postponed 2020 Olympics will be held next summer beginning July 23.
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    The International Olympic Committee announced Monday that an agreement has been reached with Olympic organizers in Tokyo to hold the postponed 2020 Games next summer from July 23 to August 8.

    The
    new dates were officially announced following a telephone conference call
    between IOC
    President Thomas Bach, Tokyo 2020 President Mori Yoshirō, Tokyo Governor Koike
    Yuriko and Olympic and Paralympic Minister Hashimoto Seiko.
    The full announcement is now posted on the IOC website.

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