After Oly postponement, athletes can now calm down a bit: Bindra

TIL Desk Sports/ 2008 gold medallist Abhinav Bindra believes the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was prompt in its action as they took a timely decision to postpone T0kyo 2020 Games by a year amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

“It is nice to see that the decision was taken quite promptly because there was a lot of uncertainty surrounding whether the Games would happen or not. The athletes can now calm down a little bit and firstly make sure that they stay healthy and people around them stay healthy. That is the most important thing,” Bindra told.

Bindra, who is India”s lone individual gold medallist, said that the athletes around the world were overwhelmingly in favour of the postponement of the Games, which was duly conveyed to the IOC.

“We had a call with 200 athlete representatives recently. We have been in constant touch with the entire athlete community. It”s nice to see that the welfare of the athletes has taken precedence,” said the 37-year-old.