International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound offered two different takes on the possible postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The IOC will look at postponing the Tokyo Olympics during talks amid mounting criticism by athletes and sports officials during the coronavirus spread.about proceeding amid the coronavirus outbreakIn a lengthy statement issued Sunday, IOC President Thomas Bach announced that his committee would “step up” discussions with Tokyo 2020 organizers, Japanese government officials and public health experts in hopes of reaching a decision within four weeks.
Cancellation is not on the table, Bach said, but the statement signaled a new willingness to consider changing the date. “Human lives take precedence over everything, including the staging of the Games,” Bach wrote in an open letter to athletes. “The IOC wants to be part of the solution.” When asked for a response to Pound’s comments, an IOC spokesman said: “It is the right of every IOC member to interpret the decision of the IOC [executive board] which was announced yesterday.”
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