The 2020 summer Olympics was an international sports event that will be held from 23 July to 8 August 2021, in the city of Tokyo, Japan. As the name suggests, this summer Olympics were originally intended to be held from 24 July to 9 August 2020, but due to the ongoing Covid-19 Pandemic, Tokyo 2020 Olympics was postponed.
The name ‘Tokyo 2020’ is not changed to ‘Tokyo 2021’ because of marketing and branding reasons.
This is also the first time in history that an Olympic games event is postponed instead of being cancelled.
The motto of summer Olympic 2020 is Faster, Higher, Stronger– Together. Hence, Statement 1 is not correct.
Six new sports are added at the Tokyo summer Olympics 2020- baseball, softball, karate, skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing. Hence, Statement 2 is correct.
The name of the 2020 Summer Olympics Mascot is Miraitowa. It is derived from the Japanese words Mirai (future) and Towa (eternity). The mascot embodies both the old and the new, echoing the concept of "innovation from harmony". The Mascot was created by Ryo Taniguchi.
Tokyo has hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 1964 thereby becoming the first Asian city to host Summer Olympics twice.