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Tokyo: The Tokyo 2020 Olympic marathon will start between 5:30am and 6am, organisers announced Wednesday, after experts raised concerns over the health of competitors and fans during the city’s sweltering summer heat. An expert medical committee had proposed a start time “between 5:30am and 6am”, top Olympic official John Coates said after a series of meetings in the Japanese capital. Organisers had already brought the marathon forward to 7am as Japanese medical groups have warned the event could “lead to deaths” from heatstroke. Tokyo 2020 organisers still need to agree with IAAF before fixing the exact time, said Coates. (AFP)
