MELBOURNE (Reuters) - While the COVID-19 pandemic put Olympic plans in the shredder for hundreds of Australian athletes hoping to compete in Tokyo in 2020, it has also disrupted winter sports programs for the 2022 Beijing Games.
Australia, which won three medals at the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, has shelved plans for training camps in the United States, Canada and Switzerland and is awaiting government advice on whether athletes can train locally with winter fast approaching.
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