Senior IOC official Pound says Tokyo Olympics will be postponed amid mounting public pressure

As the Japanese government is facing growing pressure to rip up years of planning for the Tokyo Olympics, veteran International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Dick Pound revealed on Monday that the Games would be postponed until 2021, with details yet to be worked out. 

"On the basis of the information the IOC has, postponement has been decided," Pound told 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." 

"It will come in stages. We will postpone this and begin to deal with all the ramifications of moving this, which are immense," added Pound, the longest-serving IOC member. 

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