Tokyo test events for skateboarding, shooting delayed until May

[March 15, 2021]    TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Olympics organisers said on Monday that test events for skateboarding and shooting have been postponed until May due to the impact on scheduling from the COVID-19 situation.

Josh Friedberg, CEO at USA Skateboarding does a "Heelflip", as he skates in an empty parking lot in Irvine, California, U.S., February 14, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Shooting, initially scheduled for April 26-30, has been pushed back to May 17-21 and skateboarding was moved to May 13-14 from the original April 28-29 dates, Tokyo 2020 said in a statement.

(Reporting by Chris Gallagher; Editing by Catherine Evans)

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