International Olympic Committee member and former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, Dick Pound, at a Tackling Doping in Sport press conference in London in 2016. Photo: AFP International Olympic Committee member and former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, Dick Pound, at a Tackling Doping in Sport press conference in London in 2016. Photo: AFP
International Olympic Committee member and former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, Dick Pound, at a Tackling Doping in Sport press conference in London in 2016. Photo: AFP
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Tokyo 2020 spectators not a ‘must-have’ and ‘it’s either 2021 or nothing’, says IOC’s Dick Pound

  • ‘It’s better to have the games, even if there are no spectators, than it would be to cancel them’ the Canadian said
  • Pound says Japanese authorities could explain updates ‘a little more fully’ as public pressure continues to mount

Topic |   Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
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Updated: 1:53pm, 21 Jan, 2021

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International Olympic Committee member and former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, Dick Pound, at a Tackling Doping in Sport press conference in London in 2016. Photo: AFP International Olympic Committee member and former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, Dick Pound, at a Tackling Doping in Sport press conference in London in 2016. Photo: AFP
International Olympic Committee member and former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, Dick Pound, at a Tackling Doping in Sport press conference in London in 2016. Photo: AFP
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