Interview with Olympic gold medalist Mark Tewksbury:

1:20 – Postponing the games does not guarantee they will happen
2:45 – Moving the Olympics impacts World Championships and the cities already preparing to host them
4:09 – The massive financial multi-billion dollar burden of postponing the Olympics
5:22 – Billions of dollars being lost on the broadcast side
6:20 – How to prepare for the Olympics in an unknown situation
7:10 – Athletes relieved that not training will not hurt performance this summer
8:15 – How would Mark Tewksbury handle a postponed Olympics in his prime?
9:20 – Reaction to the Canadian Olympic Committee saying they would not go to the Olympics
10:45 – On Canada being the first to step out of the 2020 Games
11:13 – The emotions of an Olympics not happening this year
13:20 – Dick Pound’s roll in the IOC’s decision
14:55 – Advice to an athlete who doesn’t know if they have another year in them

The International Olympic Committee officially announced on Tuesday that the 2020 Tokyo Games would be postponed. Olympic gold medalist and former Chef de Mission Mark Tewksbury joined Arash Madani to discuss an array of topics including the financial impact of a postponed Olympics, and athlete's perspective on the delay, and how a 2021 Olympics is not a foregone conclusion.

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