DENVER, Colo. – The CEO of the U.S. Olympic team is well aware of the power her country wields in a situation like this, with the coronavirus raging across the globe and the IOC taking its time before deciding whether to postpone the Tokyo Games.
She's not in a big rush to use it. “My role is not to make demands of those making decisions, but to bring forward solutions,” Sarah Hirshland, the CEO of the U.S.
Olympic and Paralympic Committee, told The Associated Press on Sunday. Hirshland and the USOPC leadership have endured their share of criticism for not calling on the IOC to postpone the games — a move being made by a growing number of athletes and organizations, including a couple major ones in America: USA Swimming and USA Track and