FILE PHOTO: 2016 Rio Olympics - Swimming - Preliminary - Men's 200m Backstroke - Heats - Olympic Aquatics Stadium - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 10/08/2016. Ryan Murphy (USA) of USA and Jacob Pebley (USA) of USA prepare to compete. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler
(Reuters) - United States backstroke specialist Jacob Pebley has called on USA Swimming to postpone June's Olympic trials and lobby for the Tokyo Games to be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
"I am deeply concerned by the IOC's recent statement that they are essentially continuing with business as usual despite the growing evidence that COVID-19 will remain a massive threat for the foreseeable future," he wrote in an Instagram post on Thursday.
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