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Olympics Will Be Postponed, Likely Until Next Year

March 23, 2020 at 1:57 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Veteran International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound told USA Today that the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games are going to be postponed, likely to 2021, with the details to be worked out in the next four weeks.

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