Longtime IOC member Dick Pound shares his perspective on athlete protests and the Tokyo Olympics. Subscribe to GZERO on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2TxCVnY A look at the long history of protests at the Games with Dick Pound, the longest-serving member of the International Olympic Committee and a former Olympian himself. With COVID rates rising globally, this year’s Olympics faced major hurdles. But the pandemic was only part of the picture. The Tokyo Games took place amid growing global tensions over gender equality, racism and human rights, leaving many wondering about the place of politics on the playing field and the podium. Watch the episode: https://www.gzeromedia.com/gzero-world-with-ian-bremmer/politics-protest-the-olympics-the-iocs-dick-pound Sign up for GZERO’s free global politics newsletter, Signal: http://bit.ly/gzerosignal Subscribe to the GZERO podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gzero-world-with-ian-bremmer/id1294461271 Like GZERO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gzeromedia/ Follow GZERO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gzeromedia Follow GZERO on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/18385722/ GZERO Media is a multimedia publisher that delivers news, insights and commentary on the events shaping our world. Our properties include GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, our Signal newsletter, Puppet Regime, the GZERO World podcast, In 60 Seconds and GZEROMedia.com #GZEROWorld #DickPound #IOC
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Should Sport and Politics Go Together? | IOC’s Dick Pound | GZERO World

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