Tokyo Olympics may be cancelled due to coronavirus.

[SBR Drew]

The longest-serving member of the International Olympic Committee has waned that the organizers of the Tokyo Olympics have three months to decide the fate of the event amid the outbreak of coronavirus.
Dick Pound, who has been an IOC member since 1978, suggested a decision on whether the 2020 Olympics would go ahead may not be taken until the end of May.


Pound admitted that if the Games didn't start as scheduled, the prospect of the event being called off could be very real.
"You're probably looking at a cancellation," he added when asked what may happen should the coronavirus outbreak not be brought under control by this summer.
"You just don't postpone something on the size and scale of the Olympics. There's so many moving parts, so many countries and different seasons, and competitive seasons, and television seasons. You can't just say, we'll do it in October," Pound said.



The 2020 Olympics are scheduled to be held in Tokyo between July 24 and August 9, with approximately 15,000 athletes due in Japan for the Olympics and the Paralympic Games, which begin on August 25.

[Chi_archie]

that would suck

[Foxx]

Dick Pound..........That's quite a name

[DrunkHorseplayer]

No Olympics...no big deal.

[jjgold]

[Hman]

Meanwhile China says the rest of the world should "Butt out"

[Hman]

Dick Pound..........That's quite a name

LMAO it certainly is

[stevek173]

[pologq]

Dick Pound is the best part of the article

[MinnesotaFats]

Yeah no way Dick Poind is a real name.

Had a neighbor named Rod Manhammer once, that was legit

[JIBBBY]

China is Dick Pounding the entire world right now.

[pologq]

Richard William Duncan "Dick" Pound, CC OQ QC OLY (born March 22, 1942) is a Canadian swimming champion, lawyer and prominent spokesman for ethics in sport. He was the first president of the World Anti-Doping Agency and vice-president of the International Olympic Committee.
Pound is a staunch advocate of strict drug testing for athletes, and has made many allegations of cheating and official corruption, some of them challenged, owing to disputes over the testing and reporting procedures. Time magazine featured him as one of the "100 Most Influential People in the World". He was a chancellor of McGill University and was chairman of the board of Olympic Broadcasting Services.

[mikejamm]

I wouldn’t go. Even if you gave me a fuk’in free trip. China lying their asses off about the numbers of infected people, and quote, having it “under control.”

This shit is spreading like wildfire, it’s just hit Italy and it’s just matter of time before all of Europe is infected.

Meanwhile your great orange douche bag president just defunded the CDC and claims “warm weather” will contain this pandemic. Stupid fuk head ignorant jackass head in the sand mentally as usual.

[pologq]

no chance in hell i would go either.

just tired of the efforts to contain this not really being effective

[pavyracer]

Dick Pound..........That's quite a name

That is jjgold's nickname from back in the day.

[Otters27]

Knew it

[JIBBBY]

I wouldn’t go. Even if you gave me a fuk’in free trip. China lying their asses off about the numbers of infected people, and quote, having it “under control.”

This shit is spreading like wildfire, it’s just hit Italy and it’s just matter of time before all of Europe is infected.

Meanwhile your great orange douche bag president just defunded the CDC and claims “warm weather” will contain this pandemic. Stupid fuk head ignorant jackass head in the sand mentally as usual.

Always Trumps fault with you show flake clowns. It's China's fault, Trump stopped the flights from coming in.. He's trying..

Italy has those open boarders and everyone can fly in liberal policies.. Look where that is getting them.. Europe is done and that shit is spreading rapidly as I type!!

[mikejamm]

Always Trumps fault with you show flake clowns. It's China's fault, Trump stopped the flights from coming in.. He's trying..

Italy has those open boarders and everyone can fly in liberal policies.. Look where that is getting them.. Europe is done and that shit is spreading rapidly as I type!!

You’re so fuk’in Fox News brainwashed, it’s pathetic. You really should take trump’s dik outta your mouth and wake up to reality you ignorant fuk.

[Mr. Teaser]

Before the virus broke out I was headed there this summer.

[jjgold]

Trump did nothing wrong

Losers blame him

[Carseller4]

You’re so fuk’in Fox News brainwashed, it’s pathetic. You really should take trump’s dik outta your mouth and wake up to reality you ignorant fuk.

Trump and FOX News.

Let me guess you must be a Buttigieg fan? You people got to stick together, right?

[ArunSh]

That would be unfortunate, the Olympics are such a special thing, and I love watching them.

Don't think it will happen - still lot of time before they are scheduled to happen, hopefully things should be under control well before that.

Imagine all those athletes though who've worked their whole lives for the biggest moment of finally getting to compete in the Olympics. And then they get cancelled because of this, that would be so devastating, can't even imagine losing out on my Olympic moment due to something like that...

[lakerboy]

I wouldn’t go. Even if you gave me a fuk’in free trip. China lying their asses off about the numbers of infected people, and quote, having it “under control.”

This shit is spreading like wildfire, it’s just hit Italy and it’s just matter of time before all of Europe is infected.

Meanwhile your great orange douche bag president just defunded the CDC and claims “warm weather” will contain this pandemic. Stupid fuk head ignorant jackass head in the sand mentally as usual.

I thought you were American. You said" your" president.