USA Track and Field joins swimming in calling for Olympics postponement

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US Olympic leaders face a growing rebellion amid virus outbreak
USA Swimming called for postponement of Olympics on Friday

US Olympic leaders face a growing rebellion after the USA Track and Field chief added to the call for a postponement of the Tokyo Games because of the mushrooming coronavirus crisis.
CEO Max Siegel sent a two-page note to his counterpart at the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee, Sarah Hirshland, asking the federation to advocate for a delay. It came late Friday, only a few hours after USA Swimming’s CEO sent a similar letter. Continue reading...

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