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Excellent and right decision: Mary Kom welcomes IOC's decision to postpone
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): Indian boxer Mary Kom has welcomed International Olympic Committee's (IOC) "right decision" to postpone the 2020 Tokyo Olympics due to coronavirus outbreak.
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Environment would not have been appropriate to go on with Tokyo Olympics:
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New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Tuesday welcomed the decision to postpone the Tokyo Olympics to next year due to the coronavirus pandemic and said that the current environment would not have been appropriate to go on with the event.
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Will create better opportunities for India's best medal tally: Rijiju on O
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New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports on Tuesday welcomed International Olympic Committee's (IOC) decision to postpone the Tokyo Games.
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Hockey India to make schedule adjustments following postponement of 2020 T
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): As International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to postpone the Tokyo Olympics to next year due to coronavirus, Hockey India on Tuesday said that it will be working with both men's and women's team coaches in order to work out a suitable competition and trai
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Athletes' health comes first: Bajrang Punia welcomes decision to postpone
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New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Wrestler Bajrang Punia on Tuesday welcomed the International Olympic Committee's decision to postpone the Tokyo Olympics due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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This is what athletes wanted: World Athletics on Tokyo Olympics postponeme
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Monaco, Mar 24 (ANI): As the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Games, the World Athletics on Tuesday welcomed the decision, saying this is what the athletes eventually wanted.
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Paramount to suspend training camps: Abhinav Bindra after Tokyo 2020 Olymp
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New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Former Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra on Tuesday welcomed the decision to postpone Tokyo Games 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, saying it is now paramount for every federation to suspend the training camps for athletes.
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IOA welcomes postponement of Tokyo Olympics
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New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Tuesday welcomed the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to postpone the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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For the very first time, Olympics get postponed
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Tokyo [Japan], Mar 24 (ANI): It is for the first time in the history of the mega global event that the Olympics have been postponed by a year.
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Japan's PM and IOC reach an agreement to postpone Olympics due to coronavi
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Tokyo [Japan], Mar 24 (ANI): Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday confirmed that an agreement has been reached with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to postpone the Olympics for one year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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US bats for postponement of 2020 Tokyo Olympics
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Washington [US], Mar 24 (ANI): The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) batted for the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics saying that option is the 'most promising' as coronavirus plagues the world.
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USA Gymnastics pushes for Tokyo Olympics postponement
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New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): USA Gymnastics on Tuesday said they are advocating for the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after they conducted a survey which showed 62 percent of their athletes are in favour of delaying the games.
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