Irish Olympic chiefs toe the line for now but will do what is best for 'our' athletes

Canada and Australia have already pulled out of this summer's Olympic Games in Tokyo but their Irish counterparts, while all but accepting that a postponement is inevitable, have refrained from the nuclear option for now.

Irish Olympic chiefs toe the line for now but will do what is best for 'our' athletes

Canada and Australia have already pulled out of this summer's Olympic Games in Tokyo but their Irish counterparts, while all but accepting that a postponement is inevitable, have refrained from the nuclear option for now.

Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) chief executive Peter Sherrad told RTÉ's 'Morning Ireland' programme that the summer Games “are likely to be postponed” but preferred to leave any firm decisions on participation to the International Olympic Committee.

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