PETALING JAYA: The dates have changed but the aim remains. Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Reezal Naina Merican said they would work together with the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) and the Malaysian Paralympic Council (MPC) to make sure the Malaysian contingent will be prepared as well as they can be next year to realise the mission to clinch gold at the Tokyo Olympics and Tokyo Paralympics.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC), International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee have decided that the new dates of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be July 23-Aug 8 next year and the Paralympics from Aug 24-Sept 5.Reezal, in a statement, is relieved that an early decision has been made on the new dates.
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