Unusually, it seems appropriate to start this week's column in the same place as last: Athens in June 2021 at the scheduled International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session where IOC President Thomas Bach is expected to come up for re-election.
A decision on when the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will be held is expected to be made within the next three weeks, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) told countries on a conference call today.
It appeared to have been so carefully choreographed.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach opened the door to the possibility of Tokyo 2020 being rescheduled before the summer of 2021 and warned those involved in the moving of the Games would have to make "sacrifices and compromises".
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach have agreed to postpone this year's Olympic Games in Tokyo until no later than the summer of 2021.
Right now, this is the new normal. We find ourselves glued to news channels indoors, waiting for the now daily broadcasts and measures from politicians that just days ago were unthinkable, as death tolls rise and economies collapse amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) President Brian Lewis revealed he was "reassured" following a call with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach regarding the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The former President of the German Athletics Association, Clemens Prokop, has called International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach "unsuitable at crisis management" and criticised his decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has said the organisation is "not living in a bubble or on another planet" over its insistence this year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo will go ahead as planned, and claims "different scenarios" are being considered.
Britain's four-time Olympic rowing gold medallist Sir Matthew Pinsent said International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has been "tone-deaf" in response to the coronavirus pandemic, adding that he believes Tokyo 2020 should not go ahead.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is set to hold a conference call with International Federations this week to discuss the coronavirus pandemic and the disruption it has caused to qualification for Tokyo 2020.
It might not be as hard-hitting a headline, but the reality is the main concern over the impact of the coronavirus on Tokyo 2020 at this stage is not whether the Olympics take place. It is how athletes get there.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has reassured athletes the organisation will find solutions to challenges posed by the coronavirus outbreak on their attempts to qualify for Tokyo 2020.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has insisted cancelling or postponing this year's Olympic Games because of the coronavirus had not been mentioned during the Executive Board meeting, but admitted the outbreak has posed challenges for athletes trying to qualify for Tokyo 2020.
Concerns over the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on this year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo are set to headline the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board meeting here this week.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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