Pressure is mounted on Olympic organisers to postpone the 2020 Tokyo Games after the United States track and field federation urged this summer's showpiece be pushed back due to the coronavirus pandemic.

USA Track and Field (USATF) became the latest influential sports body to ask for the Games to be called off after its head Max Siegel in a letter requested the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) advocate for the postponement of the games.

USOPC had said it is too soon to axe the 24th July to 9th August Games, much like International Olympic Committee (IOC) head Thomas Bach, who said that it would be premature to make such a big decision.