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Dina Asher-Smith upset with Olympic chiefs for delaying decision for FOUR weeks

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Dina Asher-Smith has reacted with dismay and anger to news that Olympic chiefs have put off a decision on the Tokyo Games for up to a month.

Britain’s world champion sprinter had been hoping Olympic boss Thomas Bach would announce that the Japan showpiece was being postponed by a year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Instead, after saying that "human lives take precedence over everything, including the staging of the Games”, he simply delayed a verdict for four weeks. “So wait...

does this mean that athletes face up to another FOUR weeks of finding ways to fit in training,” Asher-Smith tweeted. "Whilst potentially putting ourselves, coaches, support staff and loved ones at risk just to find out they were going to be postponed anyway!!! “S

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