If the Tokyo 2020 Olympics go ahead “as planned” this summer despite the global coronavirus pandemic, at least one country (but likely many, many more to come) will not be attending.
The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) announced via a statement on Sunday night that Team Canada will not send athletes to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics or Paralympics this summer due to COVID-19.
Canada has sent athletes to every Winter Olympics and all but one Summer Games...the boycotted 1980 Olympics in Russia. And now, if the 2020 Games do not in fact get postponed, Canada will miss just their 2nd Olympics since 1900.