But moving it further is not relevant, says IOC member Richard Pound.

- The Japanese have said that you can keep the ball in the air for next year, but no longer. We really hope we can do this together in 2021, "Pound tells the Canadian CBC, according to the Insidethegames site.

The Tokyo Olympics CEO, Toshiro Muto, is one of those who has known doubts about the game's implementation in 2021. Recently, he said "no one knows if it is possible to get control of the corona virus next year".