Everybody with an ounce of common sense knew this was coming. As most of the world shelters in place and watches anything semi-interesting on Netflix, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics stubbornly refused to admit they might have to postpone their July 24 start date. But a series of dominos quickly fell, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced the Olympics will be postponed to 2021.

In a joint statement with the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee, the IOC recognized that the continuing spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus made a July-August event reckless. “In the present circumstances and based on the information provided by the WHO today, the IOC President and the Prime Minister of Japan have concluded that the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo must be rescheduled to a date beyond 2020 but not later than summer 2021, to safeguard the health of the athletes, everybody involved in the Olympic Games and the international community,” they wrote.

To safeguard the health of the athletes and everyone involved in the Tokyo 2020 Games.

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games will now take place no later than summer 2021.