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2020 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: IOC followed World Health Organization advice, not athlete criticism, to arrive at Tokyo 2020 postponement: the play-by-play

2020 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: What now for the Tokyo Games? Says IOC chief Bach, “This is like a huge jigsaw puzzle”

2020 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: Cue the dominoes, as the collateral damage of moving the Olympic Games to 2021 begins

2020 Olympic Games

THE BIG PICTURE: Japan and IOC agree to move Games to sometime in 2021; details still to be worked out

2020 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: Canada, Australia say they won’t go to Tokyo in 2020; Athletics Assn. survey shows 78% in favor of 2021 Games

2020 Olympic Games

THE BIG PICTURE: IOC acknowledges planning for postponement, with decision coming within four weeks

2020 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: Vise is tightening on Tokyo 2020 as USA Swimming, USA Track & Field, Norway all ask for postponement

2020 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: “No circumstance where the USOPC would send our athletes into harm’s way if we did not believe it was safe”

2020 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: No change in the IOC position on Tokyo 2020 on Wednesday, or was there? The dial is turning …

2020 Olympic Games

THE BIG PICTURE: IOC continues to plan for Tokyo Games as scheduled, but key decision drivers are changing

2020 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: Thursday changed the U.S. Olympic Team for Tokyo; World Athletics gives Russia one more chance

2020 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: Tokyo 2020’s Mori reports apology from Board member suggesting delay; new filing vs. USA Gymnastics

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LANE ONE: In a crisis, discipline and focus are hard to maintain, as Tokyo 2020 is finding out

2020 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: Sure, the Tokyo Games are threatened by Covid-19, but what about Beijing 2022?

2020 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: Coronavirus kills FIS Alpine finals; Russian athletics finally contrite; more Nassar abuse tug-of-war

2020 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: Bach gets 13 of 14 questions about the coronavirus and Tokyo, but remains “fully committed”

2020 Olympic Games

THE BIG PICTURE: IOC expects Tokyo Games to go on as scheduled, passes on new transgender rules, OKs ‘24 surfing in Tahiti

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LANE ONE: Nassar survivors committee targets USOPC as deep pocket in settlement vs. litigation election

2020 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: Sun sets on China’s star freestyler; Russia vs. WADA timetable get clearer and coronavirus now clearing stadiums worldwide

2020 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: The 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo will not be canceled or postponed, but could be the quietest ever

2020 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: U.S. Marathon Trials coming Saturday; World Baseball Classic sites revealed; more Russian doping

2020 Olympic Games

THE BIG PICTURE: BBC catches four-time Olympic champ Farah in lie on supplements

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LANE ONE: USA Gymnastics goes all-in with well-thought-out, $217 million offer to abuse victims

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LANE ONE: Mike Moran remembers the “Miracle on Ice” in Lake Placid on its 40th anniversary

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