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For the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, the major event must take place outside of the usual four-year cycle.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the games, originally planned for the period from July 24 to August 9, 2020, have been postponed by almost exactly one year.
The games of the XXXII.
The Olympics are now set to begin with the opening ceremony on July 23 and end on August 8.
The Paralympics are scheduled from August 24th to September 5th.
The development of the pandemic, however, repeatedly raises criticism and doubts as to whether and, if so, how the games can actually be played.
It would be the second time that the major event will take place in Tokyo (Japan) this summer.
In 1964 the world's best met in Japan's capital.
Since the beginning of 2020, Tokyo has been pointing out the games with gigantic Olympic rings: the symbol from the five rings, which is more than 15 meters high and almost 33 meters long, is located on a raft in Tokyo Bay in front of the Odaiba district.
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The German Olympic team wants to defend its place among the top nations in Tokyo.
At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, the team finished fifth in the medal table.
The yield: 17 gold, 10 silver and 15 bronze medals.
Tokyo 2021: will the Olympics take place?
Host Japan and the IOC have recently confirmed that they want to stick to the Olympic plans.
Various implementation scenarios are being worked on in the background.
Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said in mid-January that the pandemic would be brought under control "as soon as possible" and that preparations for the Olympic Games and Paralympics would continue.
The games would serve as proof "that humanity has defeated the coronavirus".
However, according to recent polls, the vast majority of the Japanese population is in favor of a cancellation or renewed postponement.
IOC and Japan want the Olympics in summer 2021
After a meeting with Japan's Prime Minister Suga in Tokyo, IOC President Thomas Bach made it clear that everyone wants to hold onto the Olympic Games in the summer.
Source: Stats Perform News
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Japan starts the vaccination process around two months later than some western countries, as tests on Japanese people are considered necessary first.
The government has signed a contract for 120 million doses of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine.
That would be enough to vaccinate 60 million of the country's 126 million citizens by the end of June.
Japan also has contracts with Moderna, AstraZeneca and Novavax.
Priority should be given to medical staff and the elderly.
IOC President Thomas Bach had ruled out compulsory vaccination for athletes several times.
The organizers advertise that as many athletes and other Tokyo travelers as possible get vaccinated.
Olympia 2021: heat and competition postponement
At the 2021 Olympics, the athletes will not only face their opponents, but in all likelihood also face extremely challenging conditions.
Heat and high humidity are likely to cause problems for those fighting for medals outside.
The 40-degree mark is not utopian.
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The marathon and walking competitions have therefore already been moved to Sapporo, around 800 kilometers north of Tokyo, where the 1972 Winter Olympics were held.
The triathlon races and the eventing competitions each start an hour earlier than originally planned.
The starting signal for the individual triathlon races will be given at 6:30 a.m. local time and at 7:30 a.m. for the mixed relay.
The cross-country ride starts between 7.30 a.m. and 8 a.m.
Doctor warns of "heat strokes"
Tokyo has been suffering from extreme heat and high humidity for weeks.
A Japanese doctor is already warning of the dangers that such a heat wave can bring in the coming year at the Summer Olympics.
Source: SID
The Paralympic marathons at the beginning of September, however, will remain in Tokyo (start time 6.30 a.m.).
“The health and well-being of our athletes are our top priority.
Before we made this decision, we analyzed all the relevant data and spoke to athletes, ”said IPC President Andrew Parsons.
"The weather data showed that the temperatures will be within the limits for safe and optimal competition."
The IPC moved the start times for the triathlon competitions from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. local time.
Time difference in Tokyo
In summer Japan is seven hours ahead of us.
So if it is 12 noon in Germany, it is 7 p.m. in Japan.
The competitions take place between 6.30 a.m. and midnight local time, i.e. between 11.30 p.m. (marathon) and 5 p.m. in this country.
It looks extremely unusual for the swimmers, who usually have their finals in the evening.
In Japan, however, the prelims take place between 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. (CET 12 p.m.-2.30 p.m.) and the finals between 10.30 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. (CET 3.30 a.m.-5.30 p.m.).
Tokyo 2021: broadcast on television
As usual, the Olympic Games 2021 will be shown live on television and in live streams - on Eurosport and public broadcasters.
ARD and ZDF share the reporting.
Olympic Games 2021: New Sports and Disciplines
The following sports are new or back in the Olympic program:
Streetball / basketball 3x3 (men and women)
Baseball (for men) and softball (for women)
karate
skateboard
Sport climbing
surfing
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The new disciplines include:
Track bike: Madison (men and women)
Bike: BMX Freestyle (F / M)
Archery: mixed event
Athletics: 4x400 m mixed relay
Swimming: 800 m men, 1500 m women, mixed relay over 4x100 m
Judo: mixed team event
Table tennis: mixed doubles
Triathlon: mixed team relay
Schedule Olympia 2021 - Highlights
Opening ceremony:
July 23, 8 p.m. local time (1 p.m. CET).
The women's softball and soccer tournaments start two days in advance
First decisions:
July 24th, air rifle and air pistol shooting, men's street races
Canoeing guarantee for success:
Finals in canoe slalom on August 26th, 27th, 29th, 30th and in canoe racing on August 3rd, 5th and 7th.
In 2016 in Rio, the canoeists were the most successful German athletes with four gold, two silver and one bronze medal.
Riding, dressage team:
July 27th
Riding, dressage singles:
July 28th
Row, figure eight and one:
July 30th
Swimming, 1500 m freestyle men:
August 1st, probably with world champion Florian Wellbrock.
Swimming competitions
Athletics, 100 m men:
August 1st
Horse riding, eventing finals:
August 2nd
Athletics, long jump women:
August 3rd, probably with world champion Malaika Mihambo
Show jumping, singles final:
August 4th
Athletics, decathlon men:
4th / 5th.
August, probably with world champion Niklas Kaul
Hockey, men's final:
August 5th
Beach volleyball, women final:
August 6th
Hockey, women final:
August 6th
Basketball, men's final:
August 7th
Beach volleyball, men's final:
August 7th
Football, men final:
August 7th
Handball, men's final:
August 7th
Show jumping, final team:
August 7th
Graduation ceremony:
August 8, 8 p.m. local time (1 p.m. CEST)
Here you will find the schedule with sports, disciplines, days and times in detail.
More soon.
Russia and Olympics 2021
Russia will be banned from the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 Beijing Winter Games.
In mid-December, the International Sports Court (CAS) halved the four-year ban imposed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) in its judgment on the appeal process.
However, since the penalty does not come into force until the verdict has been pronounced, no Russian team is allowed to participate in the next two Olympic Games and probably not in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Russia will be excluded from the Olympics in 2021 and 2022
Russia will be largely excluded from world sport for two years and as a nation will not be allowed to participate in the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo in 2021 and Beijing in 2022.
The International Sports Court Cas halved the sanctions imposed by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Source: SID
During this period, unaffected athletes from Russia can compete as neutral athletes at major events - the Russian anthem may not be played or sung, the Russian flag may not be worn or hoisted on team clothing.
One of the prerequisites is that the athletes have not been involved in the state doping scandal.
This applies to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo in 2021 and in Beijing in 2022, as well as for world championships for sports that have signed the Wada code, as well as for so-called "major sports events".
The trigger for the ban was that Russia allegedly manipulated and falsified doping data requested from the Moscow laboratory from 2012 to 2015 before it was handed over to the Wada.
They contain evidence of the sports fraud committed by numerous Russian athletes, which was systematically directed, covered up and covered up with the help of the state.
The Tokyo Olympic Stadium
After just under three years of construction, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe opened the national stadium 222 days before the original opening of the Olympic Games in 2020.
The 68,000-seat arena was designed by star architect Kengo Kuma.
It stands on the site of the Olympic Stadium from 1964 and cost a total of 1.3 billion euros.
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In addition to the opening and closing ceremony, the athletics competitions and some football games are also held there.
With a special technology, the stadium should protect spectators and athletes from the heat.
185 large fans and eight smoke machines have been integrated, with greened decks to help.
Team sports: current status for Tokyo 2021
For some German national teams it is already clear: their dream of participating in the Olympics in Tokyo remains unfulfilled.
Others may already plan or still hope.
An overview.
Safe:
Beach volleyball: A maximum of two teams per gender and nation are allowed to start.
Julius Thole and Clemens Wickler are almost certainly there.
Hockey: Both national teams
Soccer: The German men qualified for Tokyo at the U21 European Championship.
Missed qualification:
Baseball and softball
Soccer: The women, who were still Olympic champions in 2016, missed the games by losing out in the World Cup quarter-finals against Sweden
Rugby: women and men
Handball: women
Basketball: women
Volleyball: women and men
Men's 3x3 basketball
Still chances:
Handball: With the European Championship 2020, the team would have qualified directly.
Now is the last chance via the qualifying tournament from March 12 to 14, 2021.
Basketball: After the World Cup debacle in China, the men's team now only has the opportunity to qualify at the end of June.
The team around NBA professional Dennis Schröder has to prove itself in Croatia from June 29 to July 4, 2021.
However, only the tournament winner receives the Tokyo ticket.
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3x3 basketball: In May 2021, a qualification tournament will be held in Graz, where the German women still have the chance to get a Tokyo ticket.
Beach volleyball: Niels Ehlers and Lars Flüggen still have to collect points in the World Tour tournaments, but can still make it through the Olympic rankings this way.
Laura Ludwig and Margareta Kozuch as well as Karla Borger and Julia Sude have good chances for women.
A maximum of two teams per gender and nation are allowed to start.
If the qualification via the ranking list does not succeed, the teams can still win a ticket via the Continental Cup: Germany is represented there with a women's and a men's team.
Water polo: The German women and men still have to go through the qualification tournaments with teams from all over the world.
The qualification, which was actually planned for 2020, is scheduled to begin in Rotterdam on February 14, 2021.