Olympic chiefs have taken the decision to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Games, a senior figure claimed last night. Twenty four hours after Games boss Thomas Bach said the International Olympic Committee would give itself four weeks to make the call, Dick Pound revealed their true thinking. “On the basis of the information the IOC has, postponement has been decided,” the veteran IOC member told . “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.
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