USA Track & Field joined USA Swimming in pushing for the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Games amid the coronavirus pandemic.
USA Track & Field on Saturday asked the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee to advocate for postponement of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, joining USA Swimming in voicing concern about holding a major international sporting event amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The two powerful federations pushed for the delay after USOPC officials said Friday that they wouldn’t lobby the International Olympic Committee for a delay. “The decision about the Games themselves does not lie directly with us,” Susanne Lyons, the chairwoman...
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