'When I saw the rumors on Sunday night, I was hopeful that they were just rumors,' said Chicago runner Ryan Lederer.
The Tokyo Marathon Foundation announced that its annual race will be canceled for non-professional runners in an effort to slow the coronavirus.
Runners start the Tokyo Marathon in front of the Tokyo Government Office building in Tokyo on March 3, 2019. The city is reducing the amount of participants for the upcoming 2020 Marathon as a result of the coronavirus.The Tokyo Marathon Foundation announced Monday that its annual race will be canceled for non-professional runners in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus in the region.
"When I saw the rumors on Sunday night, I was hopeful that they were just rumors and that there was no truth to it," said Lederer, 34, in an email to CNBC. But "if the organizers feel they cannot provide a safe atmosphere for 38,000 runners to compete then I completely understand the decision."
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