Tokyo Summer Olympics were scheduled to begin on 24 July 2020 at Tokyo Japan. But due to uncertainty around corona virus/covid 19, the same was officially postponed from 24 March 2020 to July 2021 dates. Maybe the same was already seen as coming and the following domain names were registered in February 2020 in anticipation:
1. tokyo2021.com – Registered on 17th February 2020 – The Domain Registrant for the said domain is from China and the domain name does not resolve.
2. tokyo2021.org – Registered on 3rd February 2020 – The Domain Registrant for the said domain is privacy protected and the website does have updates about Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
3. tokyo2021.cn – Registered on 3rd March 2021 – The Domain Registrant again seems to be from China and the domain name has a website.
Now in April 2020, the International Olympic Committee Tokyo & Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games have filed UDRP against the said domain names, claiming lack of legitimate use and bad faith on the part of the Domain Registrants.
Summer Olympics 2020/2021 will begin on Friday, 23 July 2021 and ends on Sunday, 8 August 2021. This would be followed by Paralympics from 24 August till 5 September 2021.
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