(Reuters) - USA Track and Field (USATF), the governing body of American athletics, on Saturday called for a postponement of the Tokyo Olympics. The federation, in a letter to United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) chief executive Sarah Hirshland, asked the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to postpone the Games which are scheduled to run from July 24-Aug. 9. "We certainly understand the ramifications of thisrequest, and the realities of trying to coordinate the logistics of a postponed Olympic Games around the schedules of other athletes, sport federations, key stakeholders etc, but the alternative of moving forward in light of the current globalsituation would not be in the best interest of our athletes (as difficult as that decision might be)," USATF chief executive

Source: International New York Times March 21, 2020 13:15 UTC