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Olympics Unlikely This Year, Former Team USA Official Says

Rick Burton, former marketing head, sees virus scuttling games
Odds are ‘zooming toward 20/80, and really 1/99,’ Burton says

Concern In Japan As The Covid-19 Spreads — Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images

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Eben Novy-Williams and

March 19, 2020, 4:16 PM UTCUpdated onMarch 19, 2020, 5:43 PM UTC

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The coronavirus crisis is making the 2020 Tokyo Olympics less likely by the day, according to a former Team USA executive, joining a chorus of voices expressing pessimism about the event.