All signs point to Tokyo Olympics being postponed
March 23, 2020 GMTIOC members, national Olympic committees and athletes were all racing toward the same conclusion Monday: The Tokyo Olympics are not going to take place this summer...
Q&A: What’s next for the Tokyo Olympics as virus spreads?
March 2, 2020 GMTTOKYO (AP) — The spreading virus from China has been reported in more than 60 countries and puts the Tokyo Olympics at risk...
Galen Rupp wins 2nd straight US Olympic marathon trials
February 29, 2020 GMTATLANTA (AP) — Galen Rupp, Aliphine Tuliamuk and America's other top distance runners have claimed their spots on the U...
Bach tries to boost Olympic morale in Japan, speaks to media
February 28, 2020 GMTTOKYO (AP) — Hoping to boost morale in Japan by assuring people that the Tokyo Olympics will be held as scheduled, IOC President Thomas Bach held a conference call limited to three of Japan's main media outlets — newspapers Asahi and Yomiuri, and the Kyodo news agency...
Virus threat to Olympics casts shadow over marathon trials
February 28, 2020 GMTATLANTA (AP) — The nation's top distance runners carry a new concern into the U.S. Olympic Team Marathon Trials.
“The possibility that you make this team and then you don't have an Olympics to go to,” Jacob Riley said...
Tokyo organizers, government take offensive on virus threat
February 27, 2020 GMTTOKYO (AP) — Tokyo Olympic organizers and the Japanese government went on the offensive Wednesday after a senior IOC member said the 2020 Games were being threatened by the spread of a viral outbreak, with their fate probably decided in the next three months...
IOC member casts doubt on postponing or moving Tokyo Games
February 25, 2020 GMTTOKYO (AP) — A senior member of the International Olympic Committee said Tuesday that if it proves too dangerous to hold the Olympics in Tokyo this summer because of the coronavirus outbreak, organizers are more likely to cancel it altogether than to postpone or move it...