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KXLY May 14, 2021 9:30 AM By George Ramsay, CNN Posted: Updated: AP FILE About the photo: Flames burn in the Olympic cauldron after being lit during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016. The Associated Press has covered every modern Olympics, and that includes photographs of the Olympic flame both along the torch relay route and in the cauldron. The Olympic flame was introduced at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics. The torch rel...

IOCs Dick Pound says Tokyo Olympics to move ahead despite pandemic concerns cbc.ca 1 day ago CBC/Radio-Canada © Luas Barth/Getty Images International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound said the Tokyo Olympics are set to move ahead as scheduled despite IOC president Thomas Bachs cancelled trip to Japan due to surging COVID-19 cases. International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound of Canada says the Tokyo Olympics are set to move ahead as scheduled, even after IOC presiden...

Olympic officials are determined to have a Tokyo Games despite Japans growing doubts Simon Denyer and Rick Maese, The Washington Post May 1, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail TOKYO - The International Olympic Committee this week unveiled updated plans for holding the Summer Games in Japan, meticulous "playbooks" that promise to ensure the safety not only of the athletes taking part but also of the Japanese public during a global pandemic. They represent "very hard work" and "determination, a lot of de...

The International Olympic Committee this week unveiled updated plans for holding the Summer Games in Japan, meticulous "playbooks" that promise to ensure the safety not only of the athletes taking part but also of the Japanese public during a global pandemic.

Growing costs could see future Olympics spread between multiple cities or countries cbc.ca 6 hrs ago Jim Morris © Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press Canadian torchbearers seen during the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Due to increased costs associated with hosting the Games, future editions could be co-hosted by multiple cities or countries. One of the people who helped organize Vancouvers 2010 Winter Olympics says the growing cost of building venu...

But Bujold said in an email "we are disappointed and quite frankly surprised that neither the IOC or the (Olympic Boxing Task Force) have yet responded" to her lawyers letter sent April 23. "They have not reached out yet to indicate if they are planning to rectify the qualifying rules to accommodate female athletes who were pregnant or postpartum during the chosen qualifying period for Tokyo." After a competitive year wiped out by the global pandemic, the 11-time national flyweight champion had...

Lori Ewing April 30, 2021 - 9:11 AM Canadian boxer Mandy Bujold plans to take her fight for a berth in the Tokyo Olympics to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Bujold and her lawyer Sylvie Rodrigue petitioned the International Olympic Committee for a berth based on her pregnancy and maternity leave, and had hoped for a decision by Friday. But Bujold said in an email "we are disappointed and quite frankly surprised that neither the IOC or the (Olympic Boxing Task Fo...

Last week, Tokyo organizing committee president Seiko Hashimoto was forced to assure the world again that the postponed Games will open in just over three months. Her statement came after Toshihiro Nakai, the general secretary of the ruling LDP political party, suggested cancellation was still a possibility amid surging COVID-19 rates in Japan. "Its very clear that the party in power, and the prefectures involved are quite determined to proceed with the Games . . . whether it was a member of a ...

Lori Ewing April 20, 2021 - 1:58 PM Canadian lawyer and long-standing IOC member Dick Pound says the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee is firmly committed to hosting the Games. Any suggestion otherwise is simply stating the obvious — that nothing is guaranteed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Last week, Tokyo organizing committee president Seiko Hashimoto was forced to assure the world again that the postponed Games will open in just over three months. Her stateme...

Olympics·100 DAYS TO TOKYO Summer Olympics will be different from anything we have seen before The Tokyo Olympics are scheduled to open in 100 days on July 23. But instead of a global spectacle, these Games will be all about restrictions and protocols to protect the health and safety of athletes and those around them. Social Sharing