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“Will the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games start on time as scheduled?” came with odds of Yes -300, No +220. Bettors who took the underdog netted $220 for every $100 wagered. With COVID-19 becoming a pandemic, the line later adjusted to Yes -125, No +135.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Oddsmakers also had a line on the 2020 Summer Games being held in another city, but those odds were long at +600.<\/p>\n
World Health Crisis<\/b><\/h2>\n
According to the latest data from several international health agencies, COVID-19 has infected nearly 400,000 people globally, with 17,252 people dead from the respiratory illness.<\/p>\n
In the US, there are 46,548 confirmed cases, including 3,334 positive tests in the past 24 hours. Nearly 600 people have died.<\/strong><\/p>\nWHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday that the pandemic is “accelerating.”<\/p>\n
“The unprecedented and unpredictable spread of the outbreak has seen the situation in the rest of the world deteriorating,” the IOC said. The Olympic Committee added that the decision was ultimately made “to safeguard the health of the athletes, everybody involved in the Olympic Games, and their international community.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Tokyo Olympics that were to begin July 24 in the Japanese capital have officially been postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Longtime International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Dick Pound all but confirmed the news Monday, telling USA Today that the “postponement has been decided.” The IOC responded that it “remains fully committed to the Olympic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":130983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Tokyo Olympics Postponed, Rescheduled for No Later Than Summer 2021<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n