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USWNT's Megan Rapinoe Hopes to Play in Tokyo Games, Fears Olympics Are 'In Doubt'

USWNT star Megan Rapinoe told CNN's David Axelrod that while she is hopeful that she'll be able to compete in the Tokyo Olympics, now set to be held in the summer of 2021, she isn't sure if the games will in fact occur.

"Frankly, I think the Olympics are in doubt next year," she said in an episode of CNN's "The Axe Files" podcast released Monday. "The more I think about it logistically, just bringing everybody together like that with the absence of drug therapies or anything like that just seems difficult.

"Certainly, you want to be able to go out the way that you want to and not sort of be pushed out by a pandemic.