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The outbreak of the coronavirus has disrupted China’s preparations for the Tokyo Olympics, barring athletes from overseas-based competitions and forcing sports authorities into makeshift arrangements five months before the Games. At home, many of China’s Olympic hopefuls are confined to closed training bases, unable to venture abroad due to entry restrictions placed by countries toContinue reading “Could the Team China Be a Victim of COVID-19?”

Northumbria University’s senior lecturer in Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Mikhail Batuev, discusses how the coronavirus epidemic affects the Olympics. The Summer Olympics in Tokyo are still more than five months away, but as the coronavirus continues to spread in China, there are questions about whether the global health emergency might ultimately impact the Games. TokyoContinue reading “Could the Coronavirus Outbreak in China Impact the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?”