'Postponement has been decided.'
For now, Japan reportedly hopes to keep the Games on the calendar for 2020. However, judging by Pound’s comments, that likelihood is growing slimmer by the day. Still, postponement seems to be the safest and most reasonable response to the coronavirus pandemic. In addition to the health and safety of athletes, the welfare of the millions of people globally who travel to watch the Games must be weighed.
Over the weekend, nations including Canada and Australia expressed that its athletes would not participate if the Games were to go on as scheduled in 2020. And per the, IOC president Thomas Bach has addressed those concerns — on Sunday, he wrote to athletes to break the news of a potential postponement.
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