On March 17, 2020, the following letter was circulated by the Canadian Olympic Committee regarding the status of the Tokyo Olympics and athlete qualification:

“Dear Team Canada,

Earlier today, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that it remains fully committed to the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. With four months to go before the Games, it will refrain from making any further decisions at this time. We support this move by the IOC—we all hope and are continuing to plan for the Olympics to proceed in July—but our hope needs to be put in context.

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