FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walks in front of flags of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato
LONDON (Reuters) - Calls from sporting organisations for this year's Tokyo Olympics to be postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic gathered pace on Saturday with USA Track and Field (USATF), the French Swimming Federation and Brazil's Olympic Committee the latest to join the throng.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Tokyo 2020 organisers still insist the July 24-Aug. 9 showpiece will go ahead as planned despite Europe and the U.S. struggling to control the spread of the flu-like virus.
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