(Reuters) - Qualifying trials for three of the United States' Olympic sports, athletics, swimming and gymnastics, have been postponed for 2020 officials said on Tuesday after the Tokyo Games were delayed a year because of the coronavirus pandemic. All three sports have top teams and major prospects for the Olympics which will now be held in 2021 - four-times gold medalist Simone Biles in gymnastics, swimmer Katie Ledecky, winner of five Olympic gold medals, and world sprint champions Christian Coleman and Noah Lyles in athletics. "Tracktown USA is now working with our partners at USA Track & Field (USATF) and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) in rescheduling the U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Track and Field," organizers for the previously scheduled June 19-28 competition in Eugene, Oregon, said in a statement. USA Swimming and USA Gymnastics made public similar postponements in statements to Reuters. The U.S. Olympic swimming trials had been scheduled for June 21-28 in Omaha, Nebraska with the gymnastics trials for June 25-28 in St. Louis, Missouri.

Source: International New York Times March 25, 2020 00:22 UTC