Abrahamson: How will we write the history of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics? Getty Images By: Alan Abrahamson and last updated 2021-07-23 21:58:43-04 TOKYO â Since the dawn of time, the Olympic Games have stood for the best of us, coming together, moments when we try to bring to life our hopes and dreams. Destiny has offered these Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games a special calling. Now the question: how will we write their history? Postponed by a year because of a worldwide pandemic, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games got underway Friday night in an island nation now wary indeed of the Olympics with a muted Opening Ceremony, one that sought to pay tribute to the millions lost to the coronavirus. For the first time at an Opening Ceremony, the IOC also formally paid silent tribute to the 11 Israelis murdered at the 1972 Games.