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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

FILE - In this Aug. 1, 1936, file photo, the lighting of the Olympic fire in Lustgarten, Berlin, where it will be guarded by members of the Hitler Youth until it is brought to the Olympic stadium for the opening of the games in the afternoon. The torch relay was not always a fixture of the modern Olympics, which began in 1896. The relay tradition began with Adolph Hitler's 1936 Olympics in Berlin, the Games of the XI Olympiad, and was the brainchild of Dr. Carl Diem who was the head of the organizing committee. (AP Photo/File)

Olympic torch relay began in 1936 at Hitler’s Berlin Games

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 14, 2020, file photo, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bows to toward a Japanese flag before delivering his speech at the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo. Prime Minister Abe might be the biggest loser if the Tokyo Olympics don't go off as planned in just over four months. Abe has attached himself to the success of the Olympics since pushing hard for Tokyo's selection at an IOC meeting in 2013 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Tokyo was picked over Istanbul by billing itself as a “safe pair of hands.&quot; (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Abe could be big loser if Tokyo Olympics canceled, postponed

By STEPHEN WADE and MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

A locked gate is seen by the Etihad Stadium where Manchester City was due to play Burnley in an English Premier League soccer match Saturday March 14, 2020, after all English soccer games were cancelled due to the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus. For most people, the new COVID-19 coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, but for some it can cause more severe illness.(AP Photo/Jon Super)

The Latest: Report: Kentucky Derby postponed to September

By The Associated Press - 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

Two women take a selfie with the Olympic rings in the background in the Odaiba section of Tokyo, Thursday, March 12, 2020. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike spoke Thursday after the World Health Organization labeled the spreading virus a &quot;pandemic,&quot; a decision almost certain to affect the Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Russia restricted to 10 athletes in track at Tokyo Olympics

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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

A view of the empty Juventus stadium, as a measure against coronavirus contagion, prior to the Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Inter, in Turin, Italy, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Serie A played on Sunday despite calls from Italy’s sports minister and players’ association president to suspend the games in Italy’s top soccer division. (Marco Alpozzi/LaPresse via AP)

Sporting events in Italy to be halted because of virus

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

Delaware students rally around the word ‘respect’

By BROOKE SCHULTZ and The Delaware State News - 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

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, file photo, people wearing masks sit in front of a countdown clock for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. The Tokyo Olympics open in exactly five months on July 24. But the fast-spreading coronavirus from China is making Tokyo organizers very anxious. Three deaths have been reported in Japan with more than 700 cases, more than 600 from a cruise ship that docked in Japan. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Q&A: Things to know about Tokyo Olympics and spreading virus

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

AP Sportlight

By Compiled by PAUL MONTELLA - Associated Press

In this Feb. 4, 2020 photo Special Olympics athletes Brendan Burke and Gary Endecott carry the torch as they lead fellow athletes and and supporters down South Cache Street during the Law Enforcement Torch Run in Jackson, Wyo. The Special Olympics Wyoming Winter Games begin the next morning and ran through early Thursday afternoon with alpine skiing and snowboarding at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort and cross country skiing and snowshoeing at the town's high school athletic fields. (Ryan Dorgan/Jackson Hole News &amp; Guide via AP)

Newcomer skis to success at 2020 Special Olympics Wyoming

By MARIEL WILSON - Associated Press

Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal (3) reacts on the court during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks, Friday, Feb. 7, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) ** FILE **

Bradley Beal among 44 US Olympic basketball team finalists

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

Virus delaying China’s Olympic sliding track certification

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

Davis/White, Meissner, Casey entering skating Hall of Fame

By BARRY WILNER - Associated Press

Pro League tests field hockey’s best ahead of Tokyo Olympics

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Muscatine man honored for years joining in Special Olympics

By ANDREA GRUBAUGH - Associated Press

Russian boxers to boycott Olympics if sanctions not lifted

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH - Associated Press