The former Chelsea and Super Eagles player hung the boots after a 20 years career.
Earlier scheduled for November, the 13-day tournament will now be held in December.
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has announced that banned Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been found to have committed additional anti-doping rule violations.
Russia hosted the Olympics 1980 in Moscow and the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi.
Thomas Bach, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) president, has expressed the hope that Africa would bid to host the Olympics by 2036.
Among Afro-Brazilians, Exu is worshiped by those who practice Candomble religion similar to Esu worshipped by some Yorubas in Nigeria.
Kipchoge’s feat follows in the footsteps of 1960 and 1964 champion Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia and East German Waldemar Cierpinski, who won in 1976 and 1980.
Three world records, 12 Olympic records, 28 area records and 151 national records were set during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Mr Dalung said “The entire drama of shame is avoidable. This is a shame that the country has found itself.”
Enoch Adegoke has crashed out of the Tokyo Olympics 100m men’s final as he pulled hamstring metres away from the finish line.
