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US NOC: a 1980 Olympics boycott robbed hundreds of American athletes of their dreams

Analytical digest

14 April 2020

НОК США: бойкот Олимпиады-1980 лишил мечты сотни американских спортсменов

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04/14/2020

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Sports COVID-19

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The Roscongress Foundation presents the ‘World Sport Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic’ news digest for 10–14 April. This issue covers the following topics:

— The US NOC sent a letter of support to athletes who missed the 1980 Olympics due to a boycott;

— Thomas Bach: the postponement of the Olympics in Tokyo will cost the IOC several hundred million dollars;

— The 2020 Olympic Village is to turn into a hospital for coronavirus patients;

— Sky Sports will waive the English Premier League’s € 388 million;

— The construction of a wrestling centre in Ufa is estimated at RUB 2.78 billion;

— The European Basketball Championship 2021 postponed to 2022, and the 2020 World Curling Championship is cancelled;

— The Giro d’Italia multiple-stage bicycle race may take place in October 2020;

— The UFC fight between Yan and Moraes moved from Kazakhstan to a private island;

— M-1 Global is to organize its tournaments in Minsk, while the Khryunov’s company already did;

— Krasnoyarsk Territory allows exercising and children playing outside;

— Acting IWF President demands Tamas Aján’s impeachment.

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