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Thursday, 7 January 2021 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has expressed its commitment to having as many foreign participants as possible vaccinated for COVID-19 before Tokyo 2020. The organisation also stressed it supports priority access for high-risk groups and healthcare workers. Senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Richard Pound yesterday claimed prioritising athletes for the COVID-19 vaccine would be the "most realistic way" of ensuring the Games take place this y...

IOC member Dick Pound says Olympic athletes should get a Covid vaccine soon Tokyo 2020 was delayed last summer as coronavirus swept across the globe There are concerns they could be cancelled again due to rising cases in Japan Pound thinks countries should vaccinate athletes soon so they can go ahead It comes weeks after IOC chief Thomas Bach said they would not jump the queue

Olympics official says prioritise athletes for COVID jab so Games can go ahead Martha Kelner. sports correspondent Olympic athletes should be given priority access to coronavirus vaccines to save the Tokyo Games from cancellation, according to a prominent International Olympic Committee (IOC) member. © Associated Press The Olympics are set to go ahead a year to the day after they were supposed to begin Sky News understands conversations are underway between government and the...

BOA chief Andy Anson insists athletes will not jump the queue for vaccinations January 6 2021, 5.33pm BOA chief executive Andy Anson has stressed athletes will not jump the queue for coronavirus vaccines (Anthony Devlin/PA Archive) The British Olympic Association has stressed there is no question of jumping the queue when it comes to securing vaccinations for athletes preparing for this summer’s delayed Tokyo Games. Long-serving Canadian IOC member Dick Pound has suggested that Olympic-bound...

Olympics official says prioritise athletes for coronavirus jab so Tokyo Games can go ahead Sky News understands the British Olympic Association (BOA) and funding agency UK Sport have discussed how they may be able to secure athletes a COVID-19 vaccination by July; IOC member Dick Pound is confident the Olympics can still go ahead as long as athletes can be vaccinated beforehand By Martha Kelner, Sky News Last Updated: 07/01/21 1:19pm 2:32 ...