Dick Pound, senior IOC member : Olympics will be postponed.
https://www.si.com/olympics/2020/03/23/ ... c-decision
Olympics postponed
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Olympics postponed
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Re: Olympics postponed
Makes sense. A lot of countries, including the USA were postponing their Olympic trials indefinitely.
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Re: Olympics postponed
Just move it to the Fall.
Bigger question is, what kind of parents would name their son ‘Dick Pound’. That’s almost as bad as Richard ie ‘Dick Trickle’.
Bigger question is, what kind of parents would name their son ‘Dick Pound’. That’s almost as bad as Richard ie ‘Dick Trickle’.
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Re: Olympics postponed
Well, it was scheduled for September. October gets kind of cold in Japan.
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Re: Olympics postponed
Back in the 70s, the Red Sox had a pitcher named Dick Pole. You can look it up.
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Re: Olympics postponed
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Re: Olympics postponed
It was scheduled for late July/early August.CitadelGrad wrote: ↑Mon Mar 23, 2020 8:06 pmWell, it was scheduled for September. October gets kind of cold in Japan.
As other poster said, they're moving it to 2021 but going to still call it Tokyo 2020 - probably already made all the signs and letterheads.
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Re: Olympics postponed
This is bogus.
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Re: Olympics postponed
Those that have already qualified, do they have to qualify again?
Sounds like thousands of lawyers are going to be kept busy for quite a while..
https://www.si.com/olympics/2020/03/24/ ... -contracts
Sounds like thousands of lawyers are going to be kept busy for quite a while..
https://www.si.com/olympics/2020/03/24/ ... -contracts
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