Former Olympic Athletes Discuss Delay (7-24-20)

Former Olympic Athletes Discuss Delay (7-24-20)

Olympic games will now take place next summer in tokoyo... it's a major change for everyone competing and fighting for a spot on national teams... kq2's chris roush explains how a former olympian says this delay can cause different problems for qualified athletes... <<thousands of supposed to be in tokoyo this weekend for the summer olympics...but the pandemic pushed the games back a full calendar year something a former olympian says can make a major difference for some athletes... (sot, pete kelly: "all of the athletes that were set to compete this summer is kind of a big blow to them because they were prepped and ready.") st.

Joseph native pete kelley, a u.s. olympian on the 96 and an alternate in 2004 and 2004 weightlifting team, says preparing for the olympics is unlike anything else...(sot, pete kelly: "it's a life dedication.

Everything involved in your life rotates around your training and competitions.

It's not like you can just take a month off.")the olympic committee moving the games back to the summer of 2021 does a lot to the athletes already on the olympic team, but former u.s. olympic team coach dennis sneathen says the fallout from the decision goes well beyond just this summer...(sot, dennis sneathen: "it's a logistical nightmare to move the olympics into another year, especially into a another four-year cycle, like pete said, it's really hard to make an olympic team, it's easier to get struck by lightning.") and the pandemic impacting several qualifying competitions...(sot, dennis sneathen: "i know weight lifting missed six u.s. qualifiers.")between sneathen and kelly, years of olympic knowledge and training sitting right here in st.

And to see the games they love be impacted is hard to see... (sot, dennis sneathen: "they did a poll so many years ago that what would people sacrifice to win a gold medal in the olympics and people said they would die in three days, so that's how serious the games are.")and this week...tokoyo lit up the olympic venue in games beginning july 23, 2021...and kelly knows months won't be easy for every athlete ready to (sot, pete kelly: "it's really about a now for the athletes to keep themselves prepared for what's coming up ahead.")chris roush...kq2 news...)>> the olympic games will run next summer from july 23rd until saturday august 8 in tokyo, japan... we'll