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2016 Rio Olympics - Athletics - Victory Ceremony - Women's 1500m Victory Ceremony - Olympic Stadium - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 17/08/2016. Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (KEN) of Kenya poses with her gold medal. [REUTERS/Sergio Moraes]
Athletes who had already qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics before they were postponed will keep their places when the showpiece takes place in 2021, sources told AFP on Thursday.
Around 57 per cent of the 11,000 scheduled participants for Tokyo had already made sure of taking part when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) pushed the Games back to 2021 due to the coronavirus on Tuesday.
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