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FILE - In this March 20, 2020, file photo, Olympic gold medalists Tadahiro Nomura, right, and Saori Yoshida light the torch as Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori, left, watches during Olympic Flame Arrival Ceremony at Japan Air Self-Defense Force Matsushima Base in Higashimatsushima in Miyagi Prefecture, north of Tokyo. Tokyo Olympic organizers seem to be leaning away from starting the rescheduled games in the spring of 2021. More and more the signs point toward the summer of 2021. Organizing committee President Mori suggested there would be no major change from 2020. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Tokyo Olympics rescheduled for July 23-Aug. 8 in 2021

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 18, 2019, file photo, Sebastian Coe leaves the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland. The date of the next world track championships is in limbo until the International Olympic Committee decides on a new schedule for the postponed Tokyo Games.Coe, the Olympic great who is now president of World Athletics, said Friday, March 27, 2020, there are plenty of options for rescheduling next year's world championships in Eugene, Oregon, but at the moment they all depend on the IOC. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP, File)

Track worlds in limbo until new Olympic dates are set

By CHRIS LEHOURITS - Associated Press

Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), attends an interview after the decision to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Wednesday, March 25, 2020. (Denis Balibouse/Keystone via AP)

Bach invokes Trump in defense of Olympic decision

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

The Olympic rings are seen behind cherry blossoms Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in the Odaiba section of Tokyo. Not even the Summer Olympics could withstand the force of the coronavirus. After weeks of hedging, the IOC took the unprecedented step of postponing the world's biggest sporting event, a global extravaganza that's been cemented into the calendar for more than a century. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) **FILE**

Will 2021 Tokyo Olympics become the spring games?

By Paul Newberry - Associated Press

A man is seen through the Olympic rings in front of the New National Stadium in Tokyo, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. IOC President Thomas Bach has agreed "100%" to a proposal of postponing the Tokyo Olympics for about one year until 2021 because of the coronavirus outbreak, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Tokyo Olympics postponement creates ripple effect throughout sports

By Adam Zielonka and Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

Snow falls on the Olympic rings near the New National Stadium in Tokyo, Saturday, March 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Column: Get ready for the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo

By PAUL NEWBERRY - Associated Press

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, left, and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe greet with fist-bump prior to their meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Thursday, March 12, 2020. Tokyo Governor Koike acknowledges that the World Health Organization's declaration that the coronavirus is a pandemic could impact the Tokyo Olympics. But she says “I believe cancellation is impossible.” (Toshiyuki Matsumoto/Kyodo News via AP)

Q&A: Will WHO’s ‘pandemic’ ruling impact the Tokyo Olympics?

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 3, 2020, file photo, commuters walk along a sidewalk as a poster celebrating the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is seen in foreground in Tokyo. The tentacles of cancelling the Tokyo Olympics — or postponing or staging it in empty venues — would reach into every corner of the globe, much like the spreading virus that now imperils the opening ceremony on July 24. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Doping survey: National agencies more transparent than WADA

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

In this March 3, 2020, file photo, the New National Stadium, a venue for the opening and closing ceremonies at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, is seen from Shibuya Sky observation deck in Tokyo. The tentacles of canceling the Tokyo Olympics — or postponing or staging it in empty venues — would reach into every corner of the globe, much like the spreading virus that now imperils the opening ceremony on July 24. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Tentacles of Olympic cancellation would reach around globe

By Stephen Wade and Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Olympic advice on transgender athletes due after Tokyo Games

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Mascot Bing Dwen Dwen, left on screen and 2022 Winter Paralympic Games mascot Shuey Rong Rong, right on screen are revealed during a ceremony held at the Shougang Ice Hockey Arena in Beijing on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) ** FILE **

Bipartisan bill urges Olympic committee to move 2022 winter games out of China

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach from Germany speaks during a press conference after the executive board meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), at the Olympic House, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP) **FILE**

Despite virus, IOC unwavering on Olympics starting in July

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

In this March 3, 2020, photo, the New National Stadium, a venue for the opening and closing ceremonies at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, is seen from Shibuya Sky observation deck in Tokyo. Japan's Olympic minister has suggested in Parliament that the Tokyo Olympics might be pushed back a few months from it July 24 opening. The games are under threat from a spreading virus from China that has reached the pandemic stage. But the so-called “Home City Contract”signed by the International Olympic Committee and Japanese officials gives the IOC wide latitude in terminating the Olympics. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

‘Host City Contract’gives IOC much leeway to cancel Olympics

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

In this Sept. 11, 2019, file photo, then newly appointed Minister in charge of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Seiko Hashimoto speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo. Hashimoto's response to a question in the upper house of Parliament on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, implies the Olympics could be held later in the year and would not have to start on July 24, 2020. Tokyo's Olympics are being threatened by a fast-spreading virus that has shut down most sports events and Olympic-related events in Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Japan Olympic Minister: Games could be held any time in 2020

By YURI KAGEYAMA and MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach speaks during a statement on the coronavirus (COVID-19) and the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 after the executive board meeting of the IOC, at the Olympic House, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. (Jean-Christophe Bott, Keystone via AP)

Wave of surfers’ support seals Tahiti as 2024 Olympic venue

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2020, file photo, a man wearing a mask takes pictures of the mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo. The spreading virus from China has put the Tokyo Olympics at risk. The Olympics are to open on July 24 - less than five months away. IOC President Thomas Bach declined to speculate about a postponement, cancellation, or any combination of those possibilities. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Q&A: What’s next for the Tokyo Olympics as virus spreads?

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2020, file photo, Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), speaks during the 135th Session of the IOC on the sidelines of the the third Winter Youth Olympic Games Lausanne 2020, at the SwissTech Convention Centre, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Hoping to boost morale in Japan by assuring the Tokyo Olympics will be held as scheduled, IOC President Thomas Bach has held a conference call limited to three of Japan's main's media outlets: the newspapers Asahi and Yomiuri, and the national Kyodo news agency. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP, File)

Bach tries to boost Olympic morale in Japan, speaks to media

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Two people wear masks as they visit the newly opened Japan Olympic Museum located near the New National Stadium, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) ** FILE **

IOC member casts doubt on postponing or moving Tokyo Games

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Two people wear masks as they visit the newly opened Japan Olympic Museum located near the New National Stadium, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) ** FILE **

Tokyo Olympics threatened by coronavirus: IOC member warns of cancellation

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 23, 2016, file photo, a representation of the Olympic rings are displayed in the Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. An eye-opening survey finds that the majority of elite and Olympic athletes struggle to make ends meet. 58 percent of the 491 respondents from across the globe said they did not consider themselves financially stable. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

Survey finds Olympic, elite athletes struggling financially

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press