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Prioritise athletes for vaccine so Tokyo Games can go ahead: IOC member – Sydney Morning Herald
Athletes should be prioritised for the COVID-19 vaccine so the beleaguered Tokyo Games can go ahead later this year, according to a senior Olympics official.
Tokyo: Athletes should be prioritised for the novel coronavirus vaccine so the beleaguered Tokyo Games can go ahead later this year, according to senior Olympics official Dick Pound.
Canadian Pound, the longest-serving member of the International Olympics Committee (IOC), told Sky News in the UK that the Games could still go ahead with mass athlete participation, but only if they were vaccinated.
The Australian Olympic Committee repeated on Friday its stated position from last year that athletes…
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