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International Tennis Federation President David Haggerty talks about how his sport is answering the challenges of the pandemic and Tokyo Olympics postponement.

ATRadio - 2020/4/23 - with Dave Haggerty

ATRadio - 2020/4/17 1980 Moscow Boycott by Around the Rings

What Next for USOPC?

US Olympic and Paralympic Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland talks to Around the Rings Editor Ed Hula on the impact of the Tokyo 2020 postponement and the corona pandemic.

World Sailing President Kim Andersen speaks with Ed Hula about the current situation in the world of sports.

Founders of the independent advisory group Global Athlete comment on the changes wrought on sport by the corona pandemic.

Caradh O'Donovan, who hopes to compete in karate for Ireland at the Tokyo Olympics and Rob Koehler, executive director of Global Athlete talk to ATR Editor Ed Hula.

Classroom Champions Connects Olympians and School Kids

Fun, useful and innovative education, while bringing together Olympians, Paralympians and professional athletes with school children and teachers, is the mission of Classroom Champions.

Co-founded by 2010 Vancouver Olympics four-man bobsleigh gold medalist Steve Mesler, the non-profit has grown exponentially with more and more Olympians - including U.S. triple jump double gold medalist Christian Taylor and freestyle aerials skier Emily Cook - lining up to mentor young students in virtual classrooms with a creative touch.

On this edition of ATR Radio, Mesler - also a member of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee Board of Directors - chats with ATR's Brian Pinelli about Classroom Champions during the coronavirus pandemic, his vivid Olympic memories from Vancouver 2010 and the financial challenges that U.S. athletes must face considering the one-year postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Matt Carroll, CEO of the Australian Olympic Committee, talks with Around the Rings Editor Ed Hula about the twin challenges for Australian athletes posed by the Corona virus and the change in dates for Tokyo 2020.

The decision to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Olympics until July 2021 has force the change in plans for the International World Games scheduled at nearly the same time in Birmingham Alabama. The World Games are now set for July 2022. Nick Sellers, CEO of the Birmingham organizing committee talks with ATR Editor Ed Hula about making the change.

A new survey shows that bidding for sports events will be changed in the aftermath of the corona virus crisis. Conducted by Burson Cohn Wolfe Sport Practice in Lausanne, Switzerland, the 100 cities were surveyed. Managing Director Lars Haue Pedersen talks to ATR Editor Ed Hula about the findings and other implications for cities bidding for sports events.

Trinidad and Tobago NOC president Brian Lewis describes the impact of corona on Caribbean sport.