on Sunday essentially established a four-week window to determine, in concert with Japan’s Olympic officials, whether to postpone the Games or hold a scaled-down version. statement failed to address the upheaval and distress that the athletes are facing now and presumably will contend with for another month. “So for now I just keep training as it’d be in August. Allison Schmitt, an eight-time Olympic medalist, was able to continue to use Arizona State’s pools for two hours a day. So fluid are the circumstances that five hours after Schmitt spoke on Saturday about having pool access, she texted to say she was hearing the Arizona State facilities might be “shut down completely” this week.

Source: International New York Times March 22, 2020 20:16 UTC