Tokyo Olympics: "Games will not start on July 24"

In February, Dick Pound, a prominent and influential member of the International Olympic Committee, an institution that routinely handles silence, as the tongue-in-cheek had dropped in the face of the Covid pandemic19 when he spoke of the future of the Tokyo Olympic Games: talk about a cancellation. " This Monday, during a telephone interview with USA Today , the former IOC Vice-President, former President of WADA, summed up: "Based on the information available to the IOC, the postponement has been decided. Details will be worked out over the next four weeks, but the Games will not start on July 24, as far as I know. "

Exclusive: The 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be postponed, likely to 2021, veteran IOC member Dick Pound says.

“On the basis of the information the IOC has, postponement has been decided,” Pound told @cbrennansports. https://t.co/Fr8be81BEUpic.twitter.com/POWFtCr0wW

And to specify: "It will be done in stages. We will postpone this and start to deal with all the ramifications of the movement, which are immense. ”

"It is the right of each IOC member to interpret the decision of the IOC Executive Board"

Polled by USA Today after the resounding exit of Dick Pound, Mark Adams, the IOC spokesperson said: "It is the right of each IOC member to interpret the decision of the IOC Executive Board which has been announced yesterday (Sunday).

Thomas Bach, the strong man of the IOC had in a letter addressed to the athletes affirmed this Sunday: “The IOC will engage, in coordination and in close partnership with the organizing committee of Tokyo 2020, the Japanese authorities and the metropolitan government of Tokyo , in-depth discussions to assess the rapidly changing global health situation and its impact on the Olympic Games, including the scenario of a postponement. The IOC is confident that it will have finalized these discussions in the next four weeks and greatly appreciates the solidarity and partnership of the NOCs and IFs to support the athletes and adapt the planning of the Games. ” The word postponement had officially appeared for the first time in the official speech of the IOC. After weeks of playing hide and seek, he faced considerable pressure and eventually came out. 123 days before the Tokyo Olympics ... This Monday, twenty-four later, Dick Pound fanned the suspense ...

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