TORONTO — Canadian lawyer and long-standing IOC member Dick Pound says if there was a drop-dead date for cancelling or postponing the Tokyo Olympics, that day has passed. Pound reiterated a comment . . .
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Workers paste the overlay on the wall of the National Stadium, where opening ceremony and many other events are scheduled for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Wednesday, June 2, 2021, in Tokyo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Eugene Hoshiko June 02, 2021 - 9:43 AM
TORONTO - Canadian lawyer and long-standing IOC member Dick Pound says if there was a drop-dead date for cancelling or postponing the Tokyo Olympics, that day has passed.
Pound reiterated a comment he first made to the Evening Standard in an interview with The Canadian Press. Barring some Armageddon, of which nobody is aware, there s no indication of (cancellation). We are a go, he said.
NPR s Noel Kings speaks with International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound about the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. The former Canadian swimmer says the Games will go ahead despite protests.