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Michigan swimmer Maggie MacNeil is a world champ, but Olympic-size pool and dreams have to wait

SportsPulse: Sports marketing expert Jarrod Moses breaks down the financial and economic impact of the 2020 Tokyo Games being postponed. USA TODAY

Maggie MacNeil was at home, studying in her room on a Sunday night, when the news broke.

While the Michigan swimmer was watching a lecture online, her social media began to blow up. Canada, the country she represents, had announced it would not send athletes to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games because of concerns about the coronavirus outbreak unless the games were postponed a year.

"I didn’t know what to say," MacNeil told the Free Press.