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PublishedMay 8, 2020
Survey: At least 70% of U.S. Olympic sports applied for government relief funding
An Associated Press survey finds 36 of 44 national governing bodies for individual sports received federal funding to keep going during the pandemic.
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PublishedApril 30, 2020
Noted coach Maggie Haney suspended eight years by USA Gymnastics
Maggie Haney, former coach of 2016 Olympic gold medalist Laurie Hernandez, is disciplined for verbally and emotionally abusing her gymnasts.
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PublishedApril 27, 2020
USA Swimming’s tentative schedule ‘gives us a little bit of hope’
A series of regional events in August before a national lineup of meets kicks off in early November will lead up to the Olympic trials and the Tokyo Games next summer.,
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PublishedApril 27, 2020
Q&A for Tokyo Games: Many questions, few answers in face of pandemic
Even IOC President Thomas Bach says there is “no blueprint" in assembling what he called this “huge jigsaw puzzle” of rescheduling the Tokyo Games.
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PublishedApril 24, 2020
Some Olympic boxing hopefuls needed only one more day
A number of European boxers were one win away from a spot in the Tokyo Games when the qualifying tournament was postponed because of the coronavirus.
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PublishedApril 20, 2020
Japan scientist ‘very pessimistic’ Olympics will happen in 2021
A professor of infectious disease does not think the Games will be held next summer amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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PublishedApril 17, 2020
Tokyo Games not expected to provide much economic stimulus for Japan
Organizers seem hopeful that the Games might kick start the Japan economy, but experts think any financial infusion will be negligible.
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PublishedApril 13, 2020
Delay costs IOC ‘several hundred million’; Japan will pay rest of $2 billion-$6 billion
Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, said based on a a 2013 agreement, all added costs beyond the IOC obligations will be covered by Japan.
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PublishedApril 13, 2020
Athletes completing doping bans get unexpected chance at Olympics
As many as 200 track and field athletes – and numerous others – will complete their bans and be eligible to compete in the delayed Tokyo Games.
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PublishedApril 10, 2020
Russia wants to leave its Olympic doping ban in past amid virus pandemic
Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin says sanctioning Russia for doping violations would damage the Olympic movement.
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