International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Dick Pound told USA Today on Monday that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) confirmed that there has been no official announcement about the postponement of Tokyo Games yet, which is scheduled to start from July 24. The […]
“But having said that, IOC is our parent body, (so) we will have to abide by what the IOC decides. If the IOC says the Olympics will go on, we will have to participate irrespective of any threat.”
Indian Boxing legend Mary Kom qualified for Tokyo Olympics, said “it was difficult to make a comeback after child birth.”
With the coronavirus outbreak, taking pandemic proportions, doubts are increasingly being laid whether the Tokyo Olympics will be held as per schedule from July 24 to August 9. Governor Yuriko Koike had a meeting at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo on March 12 after which she told reporters that cancelling the 2020 Olympics is “unthinkable”. The fact […]
