Stark comment comes in unseen 2008 interview but not IOC regulations had been broken
John Coates
A coalition of broadcasters, sponsors and the athletes themselves is needed to save the Olympic movement from a perilous fate
The governing body says it is not in its remit to dictate to sovereign countries
The act of arriving at the Olympics to compete has become in itself a major triumph
Tokyo subject to relaxed “quasi” emergency measures ahead of possible fifth wave
Australian city sways decision makers with presentation of ‘clear vision’ for the games
‘We are damned if we do and damned if we don’t’ says former judo world champion
She says IOC ‘seems to think that public opinion in Japan is not important’
Prioritising athletes for vaccination has proved controversial in some countries
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