CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The IOC, the IPC, Tokyo 2020, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Government of Japan agreed new dates for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, in 2021. The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will be celebrated from 23 July to 8 August 2021.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Games were originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, but due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, on 24 March 2020 the event was postponed to 2021, the first such instance in the history of the Olympic Games (previous games had been cancelled but not rescheduled).

Detailed explanation-3: -China’s YANG Qian became an instant global sensation when she won the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games’ maiden gold medal in shooting on Saturday 24 July 2021.

Detailed explanation-4: -United by Emotion is the “Motto” of Olympics 2020. It is also known as Games of the XXXII Olympiad. It is an upcoming multi-sport international event, scheduled to take place in Tokyo, Japan from 24 July to 9 August 2020.

Detailed explanation-5: -Option 1 is the correct answers: The maximum duration of modern Olympics Games is 16 days. Modern Olympic Games: The Modern Olympics Games were held in 1896 for the very first time. International Olympics Committee (IOC) was set up in 1896 and is headuartered at Lausanne, Switzerland.