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2021: The year of the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics
A man and a woman look at the Olympic rings float in the water in the Odaiba section in Tokyo

THE year of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is arriving. That would be 2021.

Ever since the Olympics were postponed nine months ago, local organisers and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have been biding their time.

It has said we’ll have to wait until early in 2021 for details about how the Olympics can open on July 23 in the middle of a pandemic.

Despite the uncertainties, what do we firmly know about staging the Tokyo Olympics?

Will fans be allowed to attend?

IOC president Bach keeps talking about a “toolbox” to deal with the pandemic. What is this?

Is there a deadline?

Are the Olympic and Paralympic opening and closing ceremony going ahead?

What is the role of sponsors in these Olympics?

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