IOC's Pound says Japan resident-only Olympic crowds would miss mark

Dick Pound, a senior member of the International Olympic Committee, said a games held with grandstands full of only Japan residents would run counter to the Olympics' cosmopolitan spirit.Speaking to Kyodo News in a telephone interview on Monday, Pound said local organizers are exploring a simplified Olympics and that a move beyond 2021 is still seen as unrealistic.Shutting out international spectators due to worries about travel during the coronavirus pandemic is also not yet on the cards."I think that will not be the Olympics in a sense that we understand them," Pound said."We don't know w…READ FULL ARTICLE