A woman wearing a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), walks past the Olympic rings in front of the Japan Olympics Museum in Tokyo. Photo: ReutersA woman wearing a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), walks past the Olympic rings in front of the Japan Olympics Museum in Tokyo. Photo: Reuters
A woman wearing a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), walks past the Olympic rings in front of the Japan Olympics Museum in Tokyo. Photo: Reuters
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Tokyo 2020: UK Athletics and USA Swimming call for Olympics cancellation amid coronavirus battle

  • Heads of UK and US sporting bodies add voices to concerns over Tokyo 2020 going ahead
  • World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe admits ‘nobody is saying we will be going to the Games come what may’
Topic |   Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
Jonathan White
Jonathan White

Updated: 3:24pm, 21 Mar, 2020

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A woman wearing a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), walks past the Olympic rings in front of the Japan Olympics Museum in Tokyo. Photo: ReutersA woman wearing a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), walks past the Olympic rings in front of the Japan Olympics Museum in Tokyo. Photo: Reuters
A woman wearing a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), walks past the Olympic rings in front of the Japan Olympics Museum in Tokyo. Photo: Reuters
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