Tokyo 2020 date 'now has to be addressed' - UK Athletics chair

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Nic Coward, the new chairman of UK Athletics, suggests that the Tokyo 2020 Olympics should be postponed because of the coronavirus crisis.

Nic Coward, the former British Horseracing Authority chief executive, began working with UK Athletics in January

Coward told BBC Sport:"To leave it where it is is creating so much pressure in the system. It now has to be addressed." In a letter seen by the BBC, its chief executive Tim Hinchey III says"pressing forward amidst the global health crisis this summer is not the answer". Many athletes preparing for the Olympic and Paralympic Games have had their training venues in the UK shut over the past week in response to new government guidelines about social distancing.

"They're obviously very nervous about the circumstances that are going on at the moment, but their preparations have been brilliant and the venues and athletes village are outstanding," he said.

 

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