70% of U.S. athletes back postponement of Tokyo Games: paper

Seventy percent of 300 athletes in an online survey supported a postponement of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics this summer due to the coronavirus pandemic, a U.S. daily reported Sunday."Forty-one percent said they did not support the games going ahead as scheduled this summer, with another 34 percent saying it was complicated and they needed more information," USA Today said in its Sunday online edition.The athletes surveyed participated in a virtual town hall meeting of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee on Saturday.As for when the decision should be made on the Tokyo Games, 34 …READ FULL ARTICLE