When Sports and Politics Mix: The IOC’s Dick Pound

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

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International Relations, Government, Foreign Policy, Gzero World, News Commentary, Trump, News, Global Economy, Geopolitics, Politics, Ian Bremmer

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🗓️ 7 August 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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A look at the long history of protest at the Games with Dick Pound, the longest serving member of the International Olympic Committee and a former Olympic athlete himself. With COVID rates rising globally, this year’s Olympics faced some major hurdles. But the pandemic was only part of the picture. The Tokyo Games played out against a backdrop of mounting global tension surrounding gender equality, racism and human rights, leaving many people to examine the place of politics on the playing field and podium.

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0:00.0	The field of play is not an appropriate venue in which to make your protests.
0:05.8	While a race or game is going on, it's not appropriate in the medal presentations,
0:11.4	but in press conferences and interviews and all that sort of thing,
0:15.6	athletes are entirely free to express whatever they like.
0:18.5	But we don't think it's appropriate on the field of play to interfere
0:22.4	with the field of play.
0:25.7	Hello and welcome to the G0 World podcast. This is where you can find extended versions of my
0:31.8	interviews on public television. I'm Ian Bremmer. And today, we are looking at the role of politics in sports.
0:39.1	With COVID rates rising globally, this year's Olympics faced some major hurdles, to say the least.
0:45.0	And the pandemic was only part of the picture the Tokyo Games playing out against the backdrop of mounting global tension
0:51.2	surrounding gender equality, racism, and human rights,
0:59.7	leaving many people to examine the role of politics on the playing field and the podium.
1:05.2	I'm talking to Dick Pound, the longest serving member of the International Olympic Committee,
1:10.9	founding president of the World Anti-Doping Agency and a former Olympic athlete himself.
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