- IOC under pressure to call off Tokyo Games this week
- BOA expected to join calls for delay until 2021
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The International Olympic Committee is facing almost irresistible pressure to postpone the Tokyo Olympic Games this week rather than wait until its mid-April deadline – with a growing number of athletes, governments and national federations saying it is unfair to keep them in limbo during the coronavirus pandemic.
The British Olympic Association is expected to add to the voices calling for a delay in the Games until next year when it meets today, with its chair, Hugh Robertson, admitting that if the virus continues as predicted: “I don’t think there is any way we can send a team”.
Written by Sean Ingle Chief sports reporter
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/mar/23/athletes-across-the-globe-call-for-olympic-postponement-as-countries-pull-out under the title “Athletes across globe call for Olympic postponement as countries pull out”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
