The 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, due to be held from 23 July to 3 August and 25 August to 6 September respectively in 2020 in Tokyo, Japan, were postponed by one year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The new dates were confirmed on 30 March 2020 by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Other sporting events which were going to be held in 2021 were postponed or planned to be postponed to next year in order to avoid clash with the Olympics and Paralympics. It was speculated that the postponement of the 2021 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, United States and 2021 World Aquatic Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, respectively, to 2022 could clash with the dates of the 2022 Commonwealth Games. If the dates clash, then the top athletes from athletics and swimming could miss the Games in order to participate in the World Championships. The CGF said they were in talks with the World Athletics and International Swimming Federation (FINA) to avoid the clashing of World Championships with the Commonwealth Games.