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Athletes React & Respond to Tokyo Postponement

Mark Schubert from Mission Viejo Nadadores reactions to Olympic news

Olympic Games Postponement Disappoints the World

“I’m really disappointed the Olympics aren’t going to happen when kids have put in so much effort for so many years, especially this year."

Top coaches and swimmers around the world are finding themselves hurt and shocked amid the recent postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics 

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Ryan Lochte aims for 2021

Ryan Lochte Still 100% In On Tokyo Olympics

The older the athlete, the more questions to face. Ryan Lochte, who at 35, is training for what would be his fifth Olympic Games in Tokyo while also supporting a family.

But with the coronavirus pandemic causing the Games to be pushed back another year, Lochte will have to hold on for another year.
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College Seniors ask for additional year of eligibility

College Seniors Pen Letter to NCAA On Eligibility 

Maxime Rooney and Jack Collins drafted a letter to NCAA president Mark Emmert on Tuesday, asking him to consider an additional year of NCAA eligibility option for NCAA winter athletes that lost their season finales because of the coronavirus.

Their letter was entitled “A Voice for Senior Athletes” and urges the president to extend the extra year of eligibility option that was given to spring athletes who missed their seasons.

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Elite swimmers react to Olympics 2021

Elite Swimmers on Olympics Move to 2021: Reaction From Around the World

The coronavirus cloud has hovered over the 2020 Tokyo Olympics since the virus started to spread between countries.

Those weeks led to an anxiety filled month for sports across the globe, culminating with the postponement of the games until 2021, officially declared on Tuesday.

It is a time of disappointment, as well as relief, for a lot of athletes who were aiming for the Olympics this summer. Most athletes agree it is the best decision that could be made for the health and safety of all involved.

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Australian Dolphins coach Jacco Verhaeren

Jacco Verhaeren’s Message To The Australian Dolphins: “Give Yourself Time And Space.”

Australian Dolphins head coach Jacco Verhaeren never for one moment thought that it would get to this – an Olympic year without the Olympics.

The seventh and final year of his contract in charge of the number two swimming nation in the world – a coach in charge of a team that now can’t train and headlining a team of coaches that now can’t train them.

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