The 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to longtime International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound.
“On the basis of the information the IOC has, postponement has been decided,” Pound said in a phone interview with 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.”
As for when the IOC will announce its next steps, Pound said “it will come in stages. We will postpone this and begin to deal with all the ramifications of moving this, which are immense.