Reuters
Swimming Australia has started discussions about a replacement domestic or virtual international competition for its athletes in case the Tokyo Olympics are cancelled, president Kieren Perkins said. Perkins, who won gold medals at the 1992 and 1996 Games, was delighted that Friday's "little moment of panic" had been firmly quashed but felt he owed it to Australia's swimmers to put a contingency plan in place. "If the worst happens and Tokyo is cancelled, for our athletes who have had the opportunity to prepare and work so hard for so long to get to this moment, I think it behoves us to give them the best chance to at least test themselves and see what that work has created," he told the Australian newspaper.