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A short history of Olympic disruptions as Tokyo 2020 doesn't open

Paralympian Michael Roeger

Paralympian Michael Roeger Source: Supplied

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics would have opened on July 24 if it wasn't for the COVID-19 global pandemic, but it's not the first Games to be cancelled, and not the first Games cancelled by a Japanese Prime Minister.


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