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ASU swim coach Bob Bowman favors postponing Olympics until 2021

Bob Bowman is training a small group of professional swimmers for the Olympics at Arizona State's Mona Plummer Aquatic Center.

But a larger group of his ASU swimmers are not allowed to use their pool due to coronavirus restrictions from the university and Pac-12.

It's the kind of dilemma facing Olympic sport coaches and athletes throughout the world as the International Olympic Committee tries to hold firm on staging the Tokyo Olympics as scheduled (July 24-Aug. 9) even in the face of mounting pressure to postpone.

USA Today reported Friday that USA Swimming is asking the U.