We are just four months away from the opening ceremonies of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics…maybe. As the sporting world continues to take a pause during the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic, Canada are now the first country to withdraw from the event, followed quickly by Australia, re-igniting concerns that the whole thing should be postponed.

The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) announced their decision on March 22, announcing it shortly after on Twitter.

RELEASE: The Canadian Olympic Committee and Canadian Paralympic Committee have made the difficult decision to not send Canadian teams to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the summer of 2020: https://t.co/HyOBA5wwp4 pic.twitter.com/x9OWABVxMA

— Team Canada PR (@TeamCanadaPR) March 23, 2020