A man wearing a protective face mask, following the coronavirus outbreak, looks through the Olympic rings in front of the Japan Olympics Museum in Tokyo. Photo: Reuters A man wearing a protective face mask, following the coronavirus outbreak, looks through the Olympic rings in front of the Japan Olympics Museum in Tokyo. Photo: Reuters
A man wearing a protective face mask, following the coronavirus outbreak, looks through the Olympic rings in front of the Japan Olympics Museum in Tokyo. Photo: Reuters
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Tokyo 2020: Canada and Australia pull out of Olympics as coronavirus crisis deepens

  • Canadian Olympic Committee will not be in Tokyo unless Games are moved back a year; Australian chiefs tell athletes to prepare for delay
  • IOC sets four-week deadline for decision as Shinzo Abe admits Games could be postponed

Topic |   Coronavirus Canada
Jonathan White
Jonathan White

Updated: 9:03pm, 25 Nov, 2020

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A man wearing a protective face mask, following the coronavirus outbreak, looks through the Olympic rings in front of the Japan Olympics Museum in Tokyo. Photo: Reuters A man wearing a protective face mask, following the coronavirus outbreak, looks through the Olympic rings in front of the Japan Olympics Museum in Tokyo. Photo: Reuters
A man wearing a protective face mask, following the coronavirus outbreak, looks through the Olympic rings in front of the Japan Olympics Museum in Tokyo. Photo: Reuters
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