Games Up

Olympic chief Pound reveals Tokyo 2020 postponed in spite of IOC’s four-week call

- Alex Spink

Olympic chiefs have taken the decision to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Games, a senior figure claimed last night.

Dick Pound made the revelation 24 hours after president Thomas Bach said the International Olympic Committee would give itself four weeks to make the call.

“On the basis of the information the IOC has, postponement has been decided,” veteran IOC member Pound told USA Today.

“The parameters going forward have not been determined but the Games are not going to start on July 24, that much I know.”

Pound’s revelation came hours after World Athletics indicated it was prepared to shift next year’s World Championships in Oregon to allow the Olympics to be rearranged for July 2021.