NOC election cycles made flexible after postponement of 2020 Tokyo Olympics

The IOC will consent to an extension of the initial term of office beyond four years

Following the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games due to the coronavirus pandemic, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said that it will adopt a flexible approach to the election cycles of National Olympic Committees, or NOCs.
 
Most NOCs hold their elections in the year after the Games, with presidents and executive committee members serving four-year terms at a time. Organisations were subsequently set to vote on their leadership in 2021.
 
However, after the coronavirus pandemic forced the postponement of the Olympics and Paralympics from July 23 this year to August 9, 2021 and from