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USA Swimming, Track And Field Ask For Olympic Reschedule As Coronavirus Pressure Hangs Over Tokyo Games

Frank Camp
USA Swimming, Track And Field Ask For Olympic Reschedule As Coronavirus Pressure Hangs Over Tokyo Games
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On Friday, CEO of U.S.A Track and Field (USATF) Max Siegel sent a letter to the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee, asking for the 2020 Olympics be postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

USATF is the second group to ask the committee to postpone the games, following USA Swimming, which made their request on Friday as well.

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