The boss of UK Athletics has called for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics to be postponed due to the "intense" mental strain the uncertainty is having on athletes.
UKA chairman Nic Coward is the most influential British figure yet to rail against the idea that the Games can go ahead as scheduled in July when the coronavirus pandemic is shutting down the world.
On hearing Prime Minister Boris Johnson order gyms and leisure centres to close, he declared that the “moment had arrived” for the Games to go the same way as this summer’s school exams.
He said: “The analogy I keep coming back to is that for many students this is the year they have spent their lives gearing up for. “But schools, like gyms and running tracks, have been closed and