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Tokyo Olympics 2020: US health officials, State Department warn against all travel to Japan as Games loom
•The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee said it still anticipates that American athletes will be able to safely compete at the Tokyo Games.
United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee oppose athletes' boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
•In remarks to reporters ahead of a US Olympic team media event, USOPC president Susanne Lyons said the organisation firmly believed that boycotts were ineffective.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: US athletes to be vaccinated 'well before' Olympics, confirms USOPC chief
•Some 62 million people in the United States have received one or more doses of the vaccine, about 19 percent of the adult population, while the White House has targeted inoculating the adult population of 270 million people by May.
US Olympic Committee opposes 'ineffective' 2022 Winter Olympics boycott: USOPC president Susanne Lyons
•China is facing global scrutiny over a range of issues, notably the mass internment of Uighur Muslims in the western region of Xinjiang, which the US has said amounts to genocide.
US Olympic chief says decision to reduce Russia's doping ban 'angered and disappointed many'
•The statement Monday from Susanne Lyons was part of a newly concentrated effort by the federation to speak up about what it deems a global anti-doping system that it says is not fully protecting clean athletes.
US Olympic and Paralympic Committee hears athletes, won't punish protesters
•The USOPC timed the announcement to fall on Human Rights Day, which has been observed on 10 December by the United Nations since 1948.
US Olympic leaders open to challenging IOC rules restricting protests at the Games
•The US Olympic and Paralympic Committee is open to challenging IOC rules restricting protests at the Olympics.
Coronavirus Outbreak: USOPC cuts down on staffing to meet shortfalls caused by COVID-19, eliminates 51 positions
•The US Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is eliminating 51 positions and furloughing 33 more as part of a dramatic cut in staffing designed to trim up to 20% of its budget to respond to shortfalls caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: USA Swimming joins clamour for postponment of Games amid coronavirus pandemic
•The head of USA Swimming urged the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee to push for a 12-month postponement of the Tokyo Games, signaling the first fissure between powerful American factions attempting to maneuver the US team through the coronavirus crisis.
US Olympic and Paralympic Committee starts collecting logistical information to deal with coronavirus threat
•With the threat of coronavirus hanging over the Tokyo Olympics, USOPC has been gathering information from the individual sports about their pre-Olympic schedules — what events have been cancelled, moved or postponed, and what other events could be in the future.