International Olympic committee says Tokyo games are still on 

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COVID-19 is causing sporting events like the 2020 Tokyo Marathon to be canceled. But the year’s largest sporting event — the 2020 summer Olympics — are still scheduled to start in July in Japan’s capital city. But Dick Pound, a senior member of the International Olympic Committee, tells The World’s Marco Werman that could change at any time. 

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