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Olympics chief urges athletes to prepare for Tokyo with ‘full steam’ amid coronavirus outbreak


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Olympics chief urges athletes to prepare for Tokyo with ‘full steam’ amid coronavirus outbreak

The IOC announced on Tuesday that they remain committed to staging the Games as scheduled between July 24 and August 9. read more...


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