LONDON - British Olympic gold medal hopefuls Katerina Johnson-Thompson, Adam Peaty and Dina Asher-Smith expressed their relief after Tokyo 2020 was delayed until next year on Tuesday due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Johnson-Thompson is hoping to add to her world championship gold in the heptathlon last year with Olympic gold after missing out on the podium at Rio 2016. Asher-Smith, Britain's world 200m champion, posted on Instagram:"#Tokyo2021, Same fire, new dates. Stay at home and stay safe everyone." Waited 8 years for this, what’s another 1 in the grand scheme of things? 😅📈💪🏽 As an athlete, it’s heartbreaking news about the olympics being postponed until 2021, but it’s for all the right reasons and the safety of everyone! Hope everyone keeps safe and stay indoors x pic.twitter.com/z0JlgV2efI
— Callum Skinner March 24, 2020 Skinner, who won gold and silver medals at the 2016 Olympics and is a member of the British Olympic Association's athletes' commission questioned the IOC's approach.
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