Australian Olympic sports count cost without Tokyo 2020 – The Guardian

But for a global pandemic, the heads of Australias Olympic sports would have been in Tokyo this week, waiting anxiously for the 2020 Games to begin on Friday. Four years of preparation and hundreds of millions of dollars had gone into an unprecedented Australian Olympic effort, in the hope of redemption following a disappointing Rio 2016 showing.
Instead, these decision-makers and their elite athletes are stuck at home in Australia, with one eye on the unfolding Covid-19 situation and another …

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