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USA Track and Field called for the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as part of a statement it released Saturday:
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, USA Track and Field is the second major American sports governing body to make such a suggestion, as USA Swimming requested Friday that the 2020 Summer Games be pushed back one year.
According to CNN, there are more than 234,000 cases of COVID-19 worldwide, causing over 9,800 deaths. There have been over 10,400 cases and 150 deaths in the United States, and 950 reported cases and 33 deaths in Japan.