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Could Coronavirus Kill 2020 Olympics? Could Coronavirus Kill 2020 Olympics?
Could Coronavirus Kill 2020 Olympics? A senior member of the International Olympic Committee shot to the Top 10 in trending tweets Tuesday when he said the possibility exists that Tokyo 2020 could be cancelled because of the coronavirus. Officials have a three-month window, at best, and possibly only until the end of April to decide whether to continue or cancel this year’s games, which begin in late July, Dick Pound said. There is no backup plan, Pound said: Postponing or moving the games to another country likely wouldn’t happen, he said in an interview with the Associated Press. There are too many countries, competitive sea…