Tokyo 2021 international multi-sport event will take place from July 23 to August 8, 2021, in Tokyo Japan. Formerly scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020.
Due to COVID-19 pandemic Olympics was postponed in March 2020. The upcoming Summer Olympics has officially entitled the Games of XXXII Olympiad, also known as Tokyo 2020.
2021 Summer Olympics Details, location and dates
As mentioned, it will happen from July 23 to August 8, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.
Tokyo came as the host city back then during the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires on September 7, 2013. The games will be the mark of returning Summer Olympics to Tokyo for the first time after 1964.
It will also mark the record that Tokyo is the first city in Asia which hosts the Olympic twice. In total, there are four Olympics held in Japan.
Folks will want to see the introduction to several disciplines newly added to the Summer Olympics sports. There will be some sports that we have never seen before in any Olympic event. They are the Madison Cycling, freestyle BMS, 3 x 3 basketball, and many more. The addition of the sports disciplines to the 2021 Olympic is the first initiation to make them as the permanent programs in Olympic events. Then there will be some sports that make the official debut like karate, climbing, surfing, as well as skateboarding. Then there will be the returning event of Baseball and softball. For your information, both sports were leaving the Olympics after 2008.
The IOC Executive Board approved the official programme for the 2021 Summer Olympics back then on June 9, 2017. Thomas Bach, the president of the IOC, stated that the primary goal of the Tokyo Games was to make the participants and all the people involved look more youthful and urban. They also wanted to increase more female participants.
In total, there will be around 339 events in the 33 different sports, revolving approximately 50 disciplines. There will be fifteen new events with exciting games. If you are avid fans of the sport, you will not want to miss these events from your radar.
2021 Olympics Mascots
The officials have revealed the mascots for the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The official mascots for the Tokyo 2021 Olympics and Paralympics were unveiled not too long ago in downtown Tokyo on Sunday.
The name of the mascot is Mirai Towa. Meanwhile, the mascot for the Paralympic is namely Someity.
There is a meaning behind the word “Miraitowa.” It is the combination of the Japanese words for the future and eternity. On the other side, Someity has a different meaning. It is a special word that comes from the popular cherry blossom “Somei Yoshino.” and it also has the phonetic character of the English phrase “so mighty.”
Schoolchildren across Japan were participating in the mascots designs votes. They have contributed to the decision of picking the new mascots for the upcoming event. The two mascot designs are friends for everyone. There were around five million children who participated in the voting of the mascots. So, it is not exaggerating to say that this Olympics will be for everyone.
The officials claimed that the pair of mascots is the perfect combination of the custom, tradition, and innovation. Be prepared since you will get excited when seeing these mascots actualize the images of the Tokyo Olympics from July to August months. Both characters will be the best images for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
Tokyo 2021 Summer Olympics TV Rights
Just like the other fantastic big sporting event, the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo will be available on TV across the world. Besides the officials from Japan, there will be numerous international broadcasters involved in the party. Olympic Broadcasting Services will also produce the world the content to the local broadcasters for their coverage.
Most of the broadcasters have obtained the rights to further games in the future as well. For instance, in Europe, the IOC’s has been launching an exclusive deal with Discovery Communications. The 2021 Games rights are available in almost all European countries, except France because of the existing rights deals. The other country which is not getting power is Russia. Here is a list of TV channels per country.
- Armenia: APMTV
- Asia: Dentsu
- Australia: Seven Network
- Austria: ORF
- Belarus: Belteleradio
- Belgium: VRT
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: BHRT
- Brazil: Grupo Globo
- Bulgaria: BNT
- Canada: CBC/Radio-Canada Sportsnet TSN TLN
- Caribbean: International Media Content Ltd. SportsMax
- China: CCTV
- Croatia: HRT
- Czech Republic: ČT
- Denmark: DR
- Estonia: Eesti Meedia
- Europe: Discovery Communications Eurosport
- Finland: Yle
- France: France Télévisions Canal+
- Georgia: GPB
- Germany: ARD ZDF
- Greece: ERT
- Hungary: MTVA
- Iceland: RÚV
- Indian subcontinent: Sony Pictures Networks
- Ireland: RTÉ
- Japan: Japan Consortium
- Kosovo: RTK
- Latin America: América Móvil
- Latvia: LTV
- Lithuania: TV3
- Luxembourg: RTL
- Macedonia: MRT
- MENA: beIN Sports
- Montenegro: RTCG
- Netherlands: NOS
- New Zealand: Sky Television
- North Korea: SBS
- Norway: TVNorge
- Oceania[iii]: Sky Television
- Poland: TVP
- Portugal: RTP
- Romania: TVR
- Singapore: Mediacorp
- Slovakia: RTVS
- Slovenia: RTV
- South Africa: SABC SuperSport
- South Korea: SBS
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Kwesé Sports
- Sweden: Kanal 5
- Switzerland: SRG SSR
- Ukraine UA: PBC
- United Kingdom: BBC/Eurosport
- United States: NBCUniversal
