In a telephone interview with USA Today , Dick Pound, the former Canadian President of WADA, former Vice-President of the IOC and still influential member of the governing body, said: "Based on information available to the IOC , the postponement has been decided. The parameters for the future have not been determined, but the Games will not start on July 24, as far as I know. ” 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. ”
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
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