Irish Olympic chiefs welcome decision to postpone Tokyo Games

“This decision, while totally appropriate, will impact on sport and our athletes in different ways, there will be mixed emotions.”

Tue, 24 Mar, 2020 - 14:14

Brendan O'Brien

The Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) has welcomed the decision to postpone the Olympic Games until 2021.

The move was seen as inevitable for some time but confirmed only today by the Japanese government and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after a conference call between the two parties.

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