Coronavirus

[Ursus]

OG rescheduled for 23/7 to 8/8 next year. Hope the world is a much better place by then and that botched relay changes are our biggest concern.

[Ursus]

Sadly only a temporary respite. Not that there’s much to post about at the moment....

[Ursus]

Only 2 days ago the IOC set a 4 week deadline to decide whether to postpone. Whether that was just to publicly buy time or they actually thought things...

[Ursus]

Obviously the right decision although could have been taken earlier.

I read that neither Japan nor the IOC wanted to blink first over concerns...

[Ursus]

Coe now calling for OG postponement, Canada withdrawing their athletes from a summer games. It’s not going to be happening.

[Ursus]

I can’t see any top level athletics this year TBH. Athletes are still going through the motions but in their heart of hearts they know it’s 99.9%...

[Ursus]

I get that the Japanese want to be positive but “we will overcome the spread of the infection and host the Olympics without problem as planned” really...

[Ursus]

Agreed, but please tell the Japanese PM. Even now he is still saying they will go ahead as planned. Delusional, stupid, arrogant, take your pick. ...

[Ursus]

Japan’s Olympic minister saying it’s inconceivable that the OG will be cancelled or postponed. How bloody daft, and a comment that may not age well....

[Ursus]

Never mind Larkim, you can do something much more productive with those 7 hours instead. For instance you could put this on repeat....

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[Ursus]

Obviously very serious.

Trivial in the overall scheme of things but what will the athletics season look like? Will the OG go ahead?

[Ursus]

Haha. Someone like Ursus has been asleep at the wheel, but that’s a fabulous start to the season for Taylor. Must be slightly frustrated that he couldn’t...