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A woman walks past a countdown clock for Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

AP Interview: All 33 sports ‘unanimously’ want Tokyo Games

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015 filer, Francesco Ricci Bitti speaks after receiving the award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement, during an Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) awards ceremony, in Washington. Despite some early differences of opinion, the 33 sports that make up the Olympic program voted unanimously on Monday to delay the Tokyo Games by a full year. Moments later, the International Olympic committee made it official. “We were the last to express our view. We’re the ones who have problems with the calendar to deal with,” said Francesco Ricci Bitti, the president of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF). (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

AP Interview: 33 sports vote unanimously on Olympic dates

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Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, left, and President of Brazil's Olympic Committee Carlos Arthur Nuzman smile as they pose for a photo during a visit to the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, April 7, 2014. The city of Rio de Janeiro will host the Olympics in 2016. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Sports chief: Brazil government must act on Rio

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