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The games are not going to start in
the globe looks like the road to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
will be taking a bit longer the Summer Games have been
postponed due to the Cova 19 pandemic this according
to a longtime member of the International IOC
Committee dick pound broke the news to USA TODAY’s
sports he was quoted as saying on the basis of the
information that I OC has postponement has been
decided the parameter is going forward have not been
determined but and the games are not going to start on
July 24th that much I know pound also told the outlet
that the rollout of these plans will start soon he said
it will come in stages we will postpone this and the begin
to deal with all the ramifications and of moving this which
are immense while postponement may be on the way
IOC
the IOC has yet to make and the official announcement
the day before the organization’s president Thomas
Bach announced that they will be making the decision
over the next four weeks and a spokesperson for
the organization didn’t confirm that the games were
already off in light of pounds comments telling
USA TODAY’s sports it is the right of every IOC member
to interpret the decision of the IOC Board
which was announced yesterday all this comes after
Australia and Canada both announced that they
wouldn’t be sending athletes to the Tokyo Olympics games due
to coronavirus risks and they urged everything to be
postponed until next year if put on hold it would be
the first time since World War two that the games
wouldn’t go on as planned if the games do end up
getting moved it would put the dreams of many
excited athletes on hold lots of veteran American
Olympians were raring to go for 2020 including
Simone biles remember when she showed off this
epic double pike from practice Ryan Lochte has
also been training hard last year he told Access
Daily all about his mindset heading into a potential
fifth Olympic Games I just I look back there
and the reason why I’m back in the swimming is
because of my family because of my kids I have
motivations have probably more motivation than
I’ve ever had when I was at the peak of my swimming
the career I make sense so now it’s just I’m loving it
his Olympic return could still be a reality though in
the IOC and 2020 Tokyo Olympics most recent
announcements they assured fans that canceling
the games outright were not on the table you
