Irish chiefs toe IOC line but Games set for delay

Racewalkers David Kenny and Brendan Boyce with coach Rob Heffernan, centre, during a training session at Cork’s Fota Island yesterday. Picture: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

Irish Olympic chiefs have opted against pulling their athletes from the Olympics, should it proceed as planned, but there was a resigned acceptance in their utterances yesterday that a Games due to take place in Japan’s searing summer heat will be placed in cold storage.