This was the question that athletes all over the world were asking themselves, right up until the moment the announcement was made. This year, the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 have been postponed to summer 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the first time in Olympic history that the event has been postponed, although it has been cancelled several times. The International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic organisers decided not to cancel the games overall because all the athletes would be devastated. They have not put in years of hard work and training, for their Olympic dreams to go down the drain. Some countries have already held their Olympic trials, and those who qualified will remain qualified, but for those countries that haven’t held their trials, no news has been released as to when they will be held. Overall, I think the IOC (International Olympic Committee) and the Japanese government made the best decision in postponing the Olympics, because if they had gone through with it , it would have been very dangerous, and there would be a worrying risk of spreading COVID-19 to athletes and spectators alike.