Canada Won’t Participate in a Summer 2020 Olympic Games
The Canadian Olympic Committee has become the world’s first Olympic committee to declare that it won’t participate in a summer 2020 Olympic Games.
USOPC Leadership Releases Statement in Response to IOC’s 4 Week Plan
The CEO of the USOPC and the chair of the Athletes’ Advisory Council in the U.S. released a joint statement in response to the IOC’s earlier letter to athletes.
Katinka Hosszu Training As Normal With Hungarian National Team
Katinka Hosszu is training normally with the Hungarian National Team at present despite the coronavirus outbreak disrupting so many training programmes
In a Letter to Athletes, IOC Sets Four Week Timetable for 2020 Olympic Decision
IOC president Thomas Bach reiterated in a letter to athletes on Sunday that cancellation was not being looked at, but that a decision to postpone would come in the next 4 weeks.
Tokyo 2020 Organizers Starting To Look At Alternative Options For Olympics
The organizers for the 2020 Games have started to explore different options in preparation for the Olympics not running as originally scheduled.
Roadmaps – Mapping the Journey of US Swimming Stars: Men’s 100 Breast
Find out more about the top 8 US men’s 100 breast in this Roadmaps installment, featuring Kevin Cordes, Andrew Wilson, Cody Miller, Michael Andrew, and more.
IOC President Thomas Bach Says Olympic Cancellation Is “Not on the Agenda”
IOC president Thomas Bach said the organization began to explore creative ways to solve some of the problems that could be brought by an Olympic postponement.
USA Track & Field Joins USA Swimming in Calling for Olympic Postponement
United States’ athletics, representing another leg of the traditional Olympic ‘big three’ sports, has echoed USA Swimming’s call for a postponement.
Spanish swimmers are left without a pool to train due to Coronavirus
Elite swimmers Mireia Belmonte and Jessica Vall asked for solutions so that they can have a swimming pool to train during the Coronavirus crisis.
USOPC Responds to USA Swimming’s Letter Asking for Postponement of Olympics
The USOPC has promised to advocate for American athletes and to make sure that the IOC hears their concerns…………..
Japanese Olympic Committee Official Calls For Postponement Of 2020 Games
Kaori Yamaguchi, one of 23 executive board members on the Japanese Olympic Committee, has called for the postponement of the 2020 Games.
Olympian Jacob Pebley Calls for USA Swimming to Postpone Olympic Trials
Pebley, a 2016 Olympian for Team USA, also urged USA Swimming leadership to advocate for postponing the 2020 Olympics, which are still running as planned.
Swimming Canada CEO Issues Statement Supporting Olympic Postponement
Ahmed El-Awadi “is very much aligned with many of the points” made by USA Swimming CEO Tim Hinchey regarding postponing the 2020 Olympics for one year.
Russian Head Coach Chepik: We Cannot Stop Training for the Olympics
Russia’s top swimmers will continue to train for the Olympics after news broke earlier this week that their Olympic Trials would be postponed indefinitely.
Former US National Team Director Frank Busch: Training “Doesn’t Make Sense”
While the IOC has said that it plans to go forward with the Olympics beginning on July 24th as planned, Busch believes they should take place in 2021.
